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HTX claims to have confirmed the true identity of the hacker
Justin Sun responded: The platform will bear the loss
CZ: Binance will assist HTX in tracing funds
Huobi was attacked for the first time after its name change
According to BlockBeats on October 7, according to Lookonchain monitoring, the hacker who attacked HTX returned 4,999 ETH (about 8.2 million US dollars) of stolen funds. The hacker left a message saying: "Please send the white hat bonus to 0x1Fc8674A51D6b97C968BE384337519CE7003152B; your system hot wallet private key has been leaked, you should change the address of the hot wallet system and reduce the frequency of the hot wallet system."
Subsequently, according to ZachXBT monitoring, HTX has sent a white hat bounty of 250 ETH, worth $410,000, to the HTX Global attacker, with a note: "You made the right decision. Please submit a security vulnerability analysis report via email so that we can avoid similar incidents in the future. Your privacy will be protected."
BlockBeats previously reported that on September 25, according to Cyvers Alerts monitoring, a certain EOA address received 5,000 ETH from HTX on September 24, and HTX was found to have migrated its hot wallet the next morning. Cyvers Alerts said it had confirmed that a hot wallet of HTX had been attacked, resulting in a loss of $7.9 million, and the hacker address was 0xdb1D74467c9042517A354304256E0d658D8AEC83.
HTX says it has confirmed the hacker's true identity
The crypto trading platform HTX then left a message on the chain to the hacker who stole 5,000 ETH from the hot wallet, saying, "We have confirmed your true identity. Please return the funds to 0x18709E89BD403F470088aBDAcEbE86CC60dda12e. We will provide you with a 5% white hat bonus. This offer is valid for 7 days and ends on October 2, 2023. If you do not return the funds by the deadline, we will request judicial intervention."
BlockBeats once reported that Cyvers Alerts posted on social media that its investigation found that the Mixin hacker received 51 ETH from an address starting with 0x1795. This address had interaction records with Binance and HTX. Binance and HTX may help identify the hacker.
Justin Sun responded: The platform will bear the loss
According to BlockBeats, after the attack, Justin Sun, founder of TRON and member of HTX Global Advisory Board, posted on social media that HTX suffered a loss of 5,000 ETH due to a hacker attack. HTX has fully borne the losses caused by the attack and successfully resolved all related issues. All user assets are safe and the platform is operating normally.
Justin Sun added that $8 million is a relatively small amount relative to the $3 billion in assets held by HTX users. It is also equivalent to only two weeks of revenue on the HTX platform. HTX detected the hacker attack immediately after the incident yesterday and took prompt measures to prevent any losses, and resolved all issues and restored the platform to normal without delay.
CZ: Binance will assist HTX in tracing funds
According to BlockBeats, Binance founder CZ posted on social media on the evening of the 25th that the Binance security team will do its best to assist in tracking the hacker's funds.
Huobi was attacked for the first time after its name change
BlockBeats reported on Token2049 on September 13 that the crypto trading platform Huobi officially changed its name to HTX on its tenth anniversary. Currently, Huobi's official X account has been renamed HTX, and the handle has been changed to @HTX_Global. According to people familiar with the matter, Huobi's work email address was already changed to the @HTX suffix in August 2022.
Later, Justin Sun posted on social media that the upgrade from Huobi to HTX was only an English brand upgrade, and the Chinese brand name remained unchanged. This hacker attack was the first attack Huobi encountered after it was officially renamed HTX. BlockBeats will update the progress of the incident in real time and keep an eye on it.
