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A notable blockchain industry investor was hacked today, the latest target in a string of apparent social engineering attacks that have taken aim at cryptocurrency users.The hackers claim to have stolen and liquidated&nbsp;<a href="https://etherscan.io/token/REP?a=0xb08241488b1b3a4eafdb125c218cec7d086cfaa7">110,000 REP</a>&nbsp;(upwards of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.coindesk.com/price/">$300,000</a>) in the digital currency&nbsp;<a href="http://www.coindesk.com/tag/augur/">Augur</a>&nbsp;plus an additional unknown sum of ether, the cryptocurrency on the ethereum blockchain, owned by Bo Shen, founder of VC firm Fenbushi Capital.

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