{"id":52275,"date":"2021-11-03T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=52275"},"modified":"2025-09-03T09:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T06:27:33","slug":"btc-alpha-exchange-attacked-by-hackers-user-funds-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/btc-alpha-exchange-attacked-by-hackers-user-funds-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"BTC-Alpha exchange attacked by hackers; user funds secure"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British exchange with Ukrainian roots, BTC-Alpha, was subjected to a hacking attack. Passwords stored in encrypted form were compromised, but funds were not touched. This was stated<\/a> the exchange’s CEO Vitaliy Bodnar.<\/p>\n

According to him, the hackers found ‘some breach’ in the system and carried out a DDoS attack.<\/p>\n

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“User balances are fully secure; we did not lose a single cent, but the hashes of users’ passwords were compromised. For this reason, access to accounts is temporarily restricted,” Bodnar said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He added that the hackers promised to leak the source code of the trading platform on GitHub.<\/p>\n

The attack was, according to the exchange’s CEO, caused by information leakage. The BTC-Alpha security team is examining this version.<\/p>\n

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“We do not store passwords in plaintext; none of the team members knows a user’s password,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the course of the investigation, the exchange team found that the attack detected on November 1 had been in preparation for a long time. On October 25, hackers had already compromised the computers of several BTC-Alpha employees. <\/p>\n

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“Employees were studied, their interests, connections, and level of access in the system. This was a symbiosis of attacks, ranging from phishing to backdoors and full control of hacked team members’ computers,” Bodnar said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

At the time of writing, BTC-Alpha was undergoing maintenance. The team promises to resume operations soon.<\/p>\n

Earlier, in August, Bilaxy, Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange, reported a hot-wallets breach<\/a>. The amount of the loss was not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Read ForkLog’s bitcoin news on our Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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