> Sweet Jesus… I knew shytcoiners were fuqing dunces but this bit of ineptitude is breathtaking

SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange.

Bithumb apologised for the mistake, which took place on Friday.  It had restricted trading and withdrawals for customers within 35 minutes of the erroneous distribution on Friday.

The exchange had planned to distribute small cash rewards of 2,000 Korean won ($1.37) or more to each user as part of a promotional event, but winners received at least 2,000 bitcoins each instead, media reports said.

"We would like to make it clear that this incident is unrelated to external hacking or security breaches, and there are no problems with system security or customer asset management," Bithumb said in a statement.



Oh yeah, SO relieved that there are no problems with security or asset management.  I’m totally ready to trust you fuqing slopes with my life savings!