Day: September 13, 2012

Bitcoin theft causes Bitfloor exchange to go offline

September 5, 2012 | BBC News Technology One of the biggest Bitcoin currency exchanges has been taken offline after 24,000 units ($250,000; £157,800) of the virtual currency were stolen from its computer servers. Bitcoins can be used for online money transfers and trades, and the currency uses cryptography to protect it. But Bitfloor’s founder, Roman […]

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