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Hacker Steals $12,000 Worth of Bitcoins in Brazen DNS-Based Attack

Written by VAO | March 08, 2013

A Bitcoin brokerage, Bitinstant was hit by hackers who used a bit of social engineering to take control of the company's DNS servers and ultimately funnel out $12,000 worth of Bitcoins.