Security News > 2021 > February > DDoS attack takes down EXMO cryptocurrency exchange servers
The servers of British cryptocurrency exchange EXMO were taken offline temporarily after being targeted in a distributed denial-of-service attack.
"We are currently experiencing a DDoS attack on our platform," the exchange said in a notification published earlier today.
"Please note that the EXMO exchange website is now under the DDoS attack. The servers are temporarily unavailable."
While no update was published since the DDoS attack was announced, the platform's servers and website are now back online.
Important: DDoS attack on EXMOPlease note the EXMO exchange website is now under the DDoS attack.
The British cryptocurrency exchange - self-described as "One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe" - disclosed in December 2020 that unknown attackers were able to withdraw roughly 5% of its total assets after compromising EXMO's hot wallets.
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