Binance says rumors of 335.9 million user records being leaked may be a scam
【Binance says rumors of 335.9 million user records being leaked may be a scam】According to Blockchain Express, on November 9, The Defiant reported that Binance said a post claiming to sell 335.9 million user records may be a scam. So far, there is no evidence that its systems, customer identity verification data, account credentials, or wallet private keys were compromised, and the investigation is ongoing. Security monitoring firm ThreatMon said a forum seller was demanding $900,000 and threatening to make the data public if Binance did not pay. The seller claimed the data covered users in around 170 countries and included identity information, passwords, and private keys, but these claims and the samples have yet to be verified, and the number of records does not equal the number of people affected. Binance noted that it does not store passwords in plaintext or hold the private keys to users’ external wallets, and that the post mentioned a region where it no longer operates. The report said the rumor is unrelated to the wallet attack on October 29.
【Binance says rumors of 335.9 million user records being leaked may be a scam】According to Blockchain Express, on November 9, The Defiant reported that Binance said a post claiming to sell 335.9 million user records may be a scam. So far, there is no evidence that its systems, customer identity verification data, account credentials, or wallet private keys were compromised, and the investigation is ongoing. Security monitoring firm ThreatMon said a forum seller was demanding $900,000 and threatening to make the data public if Binance did not pay. The seller claimed the data covered users in around 170 countries and included identity information, passwords, and private keys, but these claims and the samples have yet to be verified, and the number of records does not equal the number of people affected. Binance noted that it does not store passwords in plaintext or hold the private keys to users’ external wallets, and that the post mentioned a region where it no longer operates. The report said the rumor is unrelated to the wallet attack on October 29.