Hacker steals $7.4 million in ethereum during CoinDash ICO launch | #CyberSecurity #CryptoCurrency  | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

A hacker has made off with roughly $7.4 million in virtual currency after pouncing during an ethereum ICO.

As reported my Motherboard, the hacker took the opportunity to disrupt the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of CoinDash, a trading platform for cryptocurrencies.

On Monday, CoinDash held its Token Sale event, in which investors were meant to be able to fund apps in development with virtual currency in return for a stake in such applications in an event similar to a crowdfunding campaign.

The CoinDash ICO, like many others in which cryptocurrency "tokens" (CDT) were exchanged for shares in a project, was keenly anticipated by investors.

However, this time, something went terribly wrong.

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