335.9 million user records, with the seller asking $900,000.
Those are the two figures in this round of rumors disclosed by ThreatMon: ShinyHunters claims to have around 335.9 million Binance user records, including KYC documents, passwords, phone numbers, and wallet private keys, and is demanding $900,000, threatening to make them public otherwise.
Binance has taken a firm stance. The samples it reviewed look more like a scam, and it found no evidence of a breach involving its systems, KYC data, account credentials, or private keys. The investigation is ongoing. It added one more crucial point: the platform does not store passwords in plaintext, nor does it hold the private keys to users’ external wallets.
CZ went further. He said that anyone who really had wallet private keys wouldn’t sell them—they’d simply transfer the funds.
That’s where the discrepancy lies: the seller included private keys on the price list, even though private keys are precisely what Binance doesn’t have on its books.
The number of records also doesn’t equal the number of people affected. This rumor is unrelated to the wallet attack on October 29.
335.9 million user records—for now, let’s set that figure aside and wait for samples.
Those are the two figures in this round of rumors disclosed by ThreatMon: ShinyHunters claims to have around 335.9 million Binance user records, including KYC documents, passwords, phone numbers, and wallet private keys, and is demanding $900,000, threatening to make them public otherwise.
Binance has taken a firm stance. The samples it reviewed look more like a scam, and it found no evidence of a breach involving its systems, KYC data, account credentials, or private keys. The investigation is ongoing. It added one more crucial point: the platform does not store passwords in plaintext, nor does it hold the private keys to users’ external wallets.
CZ went further. He said that anyone who really had wallet private keys wouldn’t sell them—they’d simply transfer the funds.
That’s where the discrepancy lies: the seller included private keys on the price list, even though private keys are precisely what Binance doesn’t have on its books.
The number of records also doesn’t equal the number of people affected. This rumor is unrelated to the wallet attack on October 29.
335.9 million user records—for now, let’s set that figure aside and wait for samples.
