Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-12-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: Vertcoin
Affected country: Undetermined
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The blockchain of Vertcoin is under a 51% attack. The attack could have resulted in a theft of over $100,000.