<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear Listers,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">One of Japan's largest digital currency exchanges says it has lost some $534m (£380m) worth of virtual money in a hacking attack on its network. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Coincheck suspended deposits and withdrawals for all crypto-currencies except Bitcoin as it assessed its losses in NEM, a lesser-known coin. </font><span style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If the theft is confirmed, it will be the largest involving digital currency. </span><span style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Another Tokyo exchange, MtGox, collapsed in 2014 after admitting that $400m had been stolen from its network.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Read more: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42845505#">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42845505#</a> </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">What lessons can we learn from this?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#20124d" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#20124d"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#20124d"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font color="#20124d">Victor Kapiyo</font></b><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#351c75">Partner | <i>Lawmark Partners LLP</i></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="1">Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, </font></span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="1">Commissioner for Oaths & Notary Public</font></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1"><i>Suite No. 8, Centro House, Westlands, Nairobi | </i></font><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">Web: <a href="http://www.lawmark.co.ke" target="_blank">www.lawmark.co.ke</a> </i></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="1" color="#000000">====================================================<br><i>“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” Zig Ziglar<br></i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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