The attack hit around 21:30 UTC and lasted for about an hour before the Bitfinex crew managed to get everything under control. While the DDoS attack didn't affect the Bitfinex API in the beginning, it ...

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitfinex has confirmed it has experienced a security breach, halting all trading, deposit, and withdrawal activities on Tuesday night. A Reddit user claiming to be the ...

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Two Israeli brothers have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the 2016 Bitfinex hack -- when hackers stole nearly 120,000 bitcoins from the exchange, worth $64 million at the time, and ...

After hackers stole $69 million from Bitfinex last year, the bitcoin exchange’s fate seemed sealed: lawsuits, bankruptcy and years of liquidation proceedings. That’s what happened to Mt. Gox, the high ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, of New York City, was sentenced on Nov. 14 in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to 60 months in federal prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising ...

The price of bitcoin plunged Thursday following an announcement from the New York Attorney General’s office that it had filed a lawsuit against Bitfinex Inc., the company behind cryptocurrency ...

Bitfinex, one of the largest centralized crypto exchanges, is now a shareholder in a decentralized exchange (DEX) that doesn’t conduct know-your-customer (KYC) checks. The British Virgin Islands-based ...