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Fortune
Ben Weiss

‘My life has been disrupted’: Atomic Wallet users lose more than $35 million in hack

A hooded man carrying a Bitcoin token. (Credit: Illustration by Fortune)

Atomic Wallet, a service where users can store cryptocurrency, says on its Twitter bio it's "trusted" by more than 5 million. However, on Saturday, its users had a rude awakening: Over $35 million in cryptocurrency, according to noted blockchain sleuth ZachXBT, had suddenly been siphoned from their accounts.

"We have received reports of wallets being compromised," Atomic wrote on Twitter. "We are doing all we can to investigate and analyze the situation. As we have more information, we will share it accordingly."

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