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"Bitstamp, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world, plans to\u00A0enable withdrawals again later today. The Slovenia-based firm suspended this transaction type\u00A0earlier in the week because of a denial-of-service (DOS) attack.\r\n\r\nThe Bitcoin exchange says it's been working with &amp;quot;core&amp;quot; Bitcoin developers on a fix, which has now passed its internal tests and audits. Withdrawals were suspended until further notice last Tuesday (February 14) after it detected a number of &amp;quot;inconsistent results&amp;quot; in its Bitcoind wallet.\r\n\r\nBitstamp has cited &amp;quot;misunderstandings&amp;quot; related to its Bitcoin wallet implementation as the reason why it was vulnerable to a DOS attack. &amp;quot;No funds have been lost and no funds are at risk,&amp;quot; Bitstamp said in a statement.\r\n\r\nMt. Gox, another popular Bitcoin exchange, halted withdrawals indefinitely seven days ago after spotting &amp;quot;unusual activity&amp;quot; on its own Bitcoin wallets. It described the problem as a &amp;quot;bug&amp;quot; which allowed users to claim that a Bitcoin transfer didn't take place, when in fact it did. This could create a loophole where the payment was sent a second time, incorrectly.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Since the transaction appears as if it has not proceeded correctly, the bitcoins may be resent,&amp;quot; Mt. Gox explained.\r\n\r\nWe have reached out to Mt. Gox to find out whether it's readying a similar fix for its own Bitcoin exchange and if so, when it hoped to begin processing withdrawals again.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Bitstamp (Statement)\r\n\r\nImage Credit:\u00A0George Frey/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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