I created this video with the YouTube Slideshow Creator ( Hackers have stolen bitcoins worth about $65 million after attacking a major digital currency exchange. The exchange, Bitfinex, responded by halting trading, deposits and withdrawals, prompting a plunge in the Bitcoin price. “We are investigating the breach to determine what happened, but we know that some of our users have had their bitcoins stolen,” the company said in a blog post on Wednesday. The hackers made off with 119,756 bitcoins, said Zane Tackett, Bitfinex’s director of community and product development, in an email to CNNMoney. That’s the equivalent of more than $65 million at current prices. Related: Companies plow money into Bitcoin startups The Hong Kong exchange said it has reported the
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