
Cryptocurrency and security describes attempts to obtain digital currencies by illegal means, for instance through phishing, scamming, a supply chain attack or hacking, A major bitcoin exchange, Bitfinex, was hacked and nearly , bitcoins (around $60M) was stolen in Bitfinex was forced to suspend its trading. Popular bitcoin exchange Binance does not take hacking lightly, and is against any illegal hacking attempts on Binance," the exchange said. this could be one of them. Bitcoin is not illegal however, so there may be room for tentative recognition of ownership over "the thing" because its.