$ 41 million in currency theft

Agencies - Abu Dhabi
Pennes, one of the world's largest coded exchange markets, said on Wednesday that hackers had stolen a $ 41 million ($ 41 million) worth of them, the latest in a series of thefts targeting coded exchange markets around the world.

The hackers have pulled out seven thousand people by using a number of technologies, including phishing, viruses and other attacks, according to a publication written by Chao Chang Peng, chief executive of Penance, on the company's Web site.

The money would not be affected because the company would use a safe asset fund to cover their losses, the circular said.

It fell 4.2 percent in early Asian trading with the news of the breakout, but compensated for some of its losses later.
Zhao said on Twitter that other coded exchange markets, including Quinn-Biz, had stopped deposits from addresses linked to the hacking process.