Liquidators of the hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have travelled to the United States, to retrieve customers' information and certain crypto-assets. Cryptopia was liquidated earlier this year, after it was hacked in January and an unknown but "significant" amount of crypto-assets were stolen. READ MORE:* Cryptopia boss blames former shareholder for company problems* Investors with tens of thousands in Cryptopia waiting for information* Cryptopia liquidator knocks-back international buyer* Cryptopia first liquidators report shows it owes more than $4.2m* Cryptopia appoints liquidators after hack, trading suspendedAt that time it had more than 2.2 million users and 37 staff. "Customers did not have individual wallets and it is impossible to determine individual ownership," the liquidators' report said. "While Cryptopia held details of customer holdings and reported these on the exchange, the crypto-assets themselves were pooled in coin wallets."
Source: Stuff December 14, 2019 09:22 UTC