🚨Security Update from Binance 🚨
Binance is actively investigating a recent security incident. Here is the latest update:
• What Happened: Initial findings point to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which let an attacker access a service container and push unauthorized withdrawal transactions.
• Wallet Keys: There is no evidence of any wallet private key leak.
• Financial Impact: The estimated total impact is around $6.3B.
• Asset Recovery: Working alongside blockchain partners, approximately ~$3B has been frozen on-chain so far.
• User Funds & SAFU: All user funds are safe. Binance will cover 100% of the losses using the SAFU fund and company funds.
• Immediate Actions Taken:
• Temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals during security checks
• Revoked authorization for the affected addresses
• Partnered with law enforcement and blockchain intelligence teams to trace and recover funds
#Binance #CryptoSafety #SecurityUpdate #SAFU #Blockchain
Binance is actively investigating a recent security incident. Here is the latest update:
• What Happened: Initial findings point to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which let an attacker access a service container and push unauthorized withdrawal transactions.
• Wallet Keys: There is no evidence of any wallet private key leak.
• Financial Impact: The estimated total impact is around $6.3B.
• Asset Recovery: Working alongside blockchain partners, approximately ~$3B has been frozen on-chain so far.
• User Funds & SAFU: All user funds are safe. Binance will cover 100% of the losses using the SAFU fund and company funds.
• Immediate Actions Taken:
• Temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals during security checks
• Revoked authorization for the affected addresses
• Partnered with law enforcement and blockchain intelligence teams to trace and recover funds
#Binance #CryptoSafety #SecurityUpdate #SAFU #Blockchain