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Bitcoin’s Biggest Exchange Brought Down By Hackers

The online currency faced a major breach last night when hackers gained access to a computer that had details of all account users and their encrypted passwords in an attempt to convert the currency into real money. The security breach led UK supporters of Bitcoin to call on the Financial Services Authority to regulate the largest London-based exchange to reassure people that using the currency is safe.

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