Wolfie Zhao reports:
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has denied a rumor that has emerged on social media claiming the firm is shutting down operations at one of its service centers amid a security issue.
Reddit user “throwaway34034324” posted a thread on Thursday claiming that the exchange is closing operations in Halifax, Canada, and has “just laid off hundreds of people in response to a security [breach].”
Another user, “MysteriousPlankton,” who is apparently one of the Halifax employees, commented on the thread that they were asked to accept voluntarily resignation with eight weeks’ pay as a “severance package” or risk being laid off.
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