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Vertcoin 51% attack

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Incident Overview

The chief maintainer of Vertcoin James Lovejoy revealed in an attack report on December 2 that a malicious entity targeted the cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex to manipulate the Vertcoin blockchain. The hacker paid at least $440 to attack VTC, but fortunately Vertcoin was not affected.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.jinse.com/lives/135104.htm (opens in a new tab)

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