Europe’s leading bitcoin exchange, Bitstamp, has been forced to suspend operations after losing millions of dollars worth of the virtual currency due to an apparent hack, an incident that is likely to fuel concerns about security issues surrounding the nascent bitcoin industry.
欧洲领先比特币交易所Bitstamp因一次明显的黑客攻击丢失了价值数百万美元的比特币，此后该所被迫停止交易，这一黑客事件可能会引发外界对这个新兴行业安全问题的担忧。
Bitstamp, based in Slovenia and the UK, has halted withdrawals and advised customers not to make deposits following the security breach.
Bitstamp总部位于斯洛文尼亚和英国。在出现安全漏洞后，该公司已暂停比特币提取，并建议客户不要再往旧地址存款。

Bitstamp, considered the world’s third busiest exchange, said that less than 19,000 bitcoins — worth around $5m — had been lost after its “operational wallets” were compromised.
Bitstamp表示，在其“运营钱包”遭到破坏后，不到1.9万枚比特币（价值约500万美元）丢失。该公司被视为全球最忙碌的第三大比特币交易所。
However, it said that the vast majority of its reserves remained untouched as they are held in “cold storage”, meaning they are held on computers not connected to the internet and thus away from the reach of cyber attackers.
然而，该公司表示，其存储的大多数比特币仍然是安全的，它们被存放在“冷存储器”中，这意味着，这些比特币存放在没有连接互联网的电脑上，因此不会被网络攻击者盗取。
In a statement, it said: “Bitcoin customers can rest assured that their Bitcoins held with us prior to temporary suspension of services . . . are completely safe and will be honoured in full.”
Bitstamp在声明中表示：“比特币客户可以放心，他们在暂停服务之前存放在我们这里的比特币……完全安全，而且将全额兑现。”
Around a year ago, the then largest bitcoin exchange, Mt Gox, collapsed after being targeted by hackers. The Japan-based group lost around 850,000 bitcoin, worth close to $450m.
大约一年前，当时最大的比特币交易所Mt Gox因遭受黑客攻击而破产。这家总部位于日本的公司丢失了大约85万枚比特币，价值近4.50亿美元。
Ongoing concerns about whether ordinary users can trade safely in Bitcoin have led to a steady fall in the price of the cryptocurrency.
人们仍对普通用户能否安全交易比特币感到担心，这导致比特币价格稳步下跌。
At its peak, bitcoin traded for $1,240 on the Mt Gox exchange. According to Coindesk, the bitcoin news site, the price is currently around $275.
在峰值时期，在Mt Gox交易所的比特币价格曾高达1240美元。根据比特币新闻网站Coindesk的数据，目前的价格为275美元左右。