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Poloniex DDoS Attack

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Incident Overview

The cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex issued an announcement stating that since December 5th at 6:30 UTC (14:30 Beijing time), its service was interrupted due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. At present, Poloniex has resumed normal trading, and user funds have not suffered any loss.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://support.poloniex.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500000118862 (opens in a new tab)

This record presents information attributed to the linked sources. Incident dates describe the original event, not a new report. Reported loss figures reflect the source record and are not current market valuations.

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