Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: Coinkite Inc.
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: After a sustained wave of DDoS attacks, the Bitcoin startup Coinkite Inc. officially announces the shutdown of its secure wallet service.