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Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks |
February 12, 2014
The problems plaguing Bitcoin worsened Tuesday as online attacks on the digital currency’s software affected two more exchanges.Major Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp has suspended bitcoin withdrawals amid distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.Last week, Mt. Gox, another big exchange, suspended bitcoin transfers from wallets it holds to external bitcoin addresses, as it had noted that a bug in the Bitcoin software could allow fraud.The attack uses “transaction malleability to temporarily disrupt balance checking,” Slovenia-based Bitstamp said on its website, adding that no funds have been lost and that it’s confident that transactions will be back to normal soon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2097040/bitcoin-exchanges-hit-by-ddos-attacks.html#tk.rss_all
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