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Simon Hunt

Hacker steals £140 million from crypto firm Wintermute

Crypto market business Wintermute became the latest victim in wave of cybersecurity threats affecting the digital asset industry after its boss announced £140 million had been stolen from the company in a hacking attempt.

Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy stressed that the company remained solvent and open to customer loan recalls. He suggested the incident may have been organised by an ethical hacker, known as a ‘white hat’.

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