Earlier this week, a major South Korean bitcoin exchange, Youbit, was hacked for the second time in less than 8 months. It has since filed for bankruptcy after releasing that the hackers had stolen 17% of its digital currency reserves.

The exchange trades ten virtual currencies, including bitcoin and ethereum.

Youbit says that the hackers had attacked its “hot-wallet”, which is an account kept online for holding crypto assets, and that its offline, cold-storage holdings are safe and still accessible, adding that all customers will be able to withdraw 75% of their assets once the bankruptcy proceedings are settled.

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