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Police in New Zealand confirmed they are investigating what appears to be a major hack of local cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia worth at least $3.6 million, a press release stated on Jan. 16.
Cryptopia, which abruptly shut down its website and exchange services on Jan. 14, subsequently said it had detected malicious activity.