Digital currency exchange service ShapeShift is offline after a
security incident earlier this week.
A statement posted to Reddit by
ShapeShift CEO Eric Voorhees offered more details as to why the site was taken
offline, indicating an unknown quantity of funds had been taken from the
service’s connected wallets. Customers with pending orders would receive their
money within 24 hours, the company said.
Voorhees wrote:
"Yesterday afternoon, we noticed several pieces of evidence
indicating our server infrastructure was compromised and threatened. We made
the decision to scrap that infrastructure, and rebuild in a wholly new and safe
environment. This is what we are currently engaged in. While we hate having the
service offline, it was the safer path."
Voorhees
did not give a timeline for when the service, which offers instant
cryptocurrency exchange for a variety of cryptocurrencies, would be back
online. A notice posted to the main ShapeShift website indicates
that the service will be offline for at least several days.
Prior
to announcing the hack, ShapeShift had taken to Twitter to state that it had
taken its website offline, citing maintenance.
Computers offline image via Shutterstock
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