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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Koichiro Wada (L), president of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, and Yusuke Otsuka, the company's chief operating officer, bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, after around 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the NEM cryptocurrency disappeared due to hacking.

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada (L), president of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, and Yusuke Otsuka, the company's chief operating officer, bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, after around 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the NEM cryptocurrency disappeared due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coincheck

Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2018 shows a signboard showing the name of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc., erected in front of the building housing the company in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Financial Services Agency inspected the head office of Coincheck earlier in the day to see if it has the financial strength to compensate for the loss of digital money worth 58 billion yen ($534 million) to hackers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coincheck

Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2018 shows the building housing cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. The Financial Services Agency inspected the head office of Coincheck earlier in the day to see if it has the financial strength to compensate for the loss of digital money worth 58 billion yen ($534 million) to hackers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Yusuke Otsuka, chief operating officer of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2018. Around 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the NEM cryptocurrency has disappeared due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada, president of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, bows in apology at the start of a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, after around 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the NEM cryptocurrency disappeared due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada, president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada, president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada (L), president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, and Yusuke Otsuka, the company's chief operating officer, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada (L), president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, and Yusuke Otsuka, the company's chief operating officer, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada, president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Koichiro Wada, president of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Representatives of Coincheck, the operator of the cryptocurrency NEM, tell a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018, that some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the digital currency they manage has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking, an amount eclipsing the 48 billion yen lost on the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cryptocurrency hack in Japan

Customers of cryptocurrency operator Coincheck gather around the company's building in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2018. Some 58 billion yen ($534 million) of the cryptocurrency NEM has disappeared from a Japanese exchange due to hacking, an amount eclipsing the 48 billion yen lost on the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange in Tokyo in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo