Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx witnessed a cyber attack yesterday, which is known as a DDoS attack.

and stated A spokesperson for the platform told The Block that the attack was aimed at disabling access to the platform by entering a large number of people to the platform to disable the servers.

describe The CEO of OKEx, Jai Hao, described the attack as “widespread” and stated that the competitor (or competitors from exchanges) were behind the attack.

The platform stated that technical support detected the attack early and quickly resolved the problem.

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It added that it was dealt with correctly within a short period of time, and no client was affected by this attack.

Note that the Bitfinex platform I tweeted Through her account on Twitter today, she is conducting a security investigation of her systems, due to her suspicion of being exposed to a cyberattack (DDoS) similar to what the OKEx platform was exposed to.

It is worth noting that many cryptocurrency exchanges have been exposed to DDoS attacks recently, including Huobi and BTC-e which closed their doors.

To note, the US authorities shut down the BTC-e platform in 2017, on charges of money laundering, and arrested the person responsible for the platform, “Alexander Vinnik”.

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