Hacker Attacks Make Bitcoin Price Slipping Red

JAKARTA – A number of Twitter accounts belonging to important people have been attacked by hackers. Accounts belonging to Barack Obama to Bill Gates upload spam posts related to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

The attack, which shocked the Twitter universe, also had an impact on the decline in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on today’s trading. Observed, the Bitcoin (BTC) exchange rate was at 9 US dollars per coin, where previously this digital currency had a positive strengthening in the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin market today (screenshot Coindesk)

Reporting from Coindesk, at 16.50 WIB, the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is still red. The exchange rate decline ranged from minus (-) 1.87 to -3.37 percent.

“We detected what we believe to be coordinated social engineering attacks by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools,” Twitter said in a statement.

Until the close of trading today, the cryptocurrency exchange rate is still red. Ethereum (ETH) has corrected to a price of 231 US dollars per coin or minus (-) 3.15 percent in the last 24 hours.

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