Binance - one of the largest digital currency platforms in the world
in size - has been exposed to a massive penetration, allowing the hackers to steal more than $ 40 million from the digital currency.
The company said in a statement: "The hackers stole the attack API keys, the binary authentication symbols required to log into the Binance account, and other information."
The platform followed the process of penetration, and discovered the theft of more than 7 thousand bits of Bitcoin Bitcoin, and converted into a single portfolio, after hackers stole the contents of the so-called "hot portfolio" of the company.
The wallet is a digital way to store such kinds of virtual currency, where there is a so-called hot-connected online wallet, and a cold wallet, which stores offline coins.
"The theft affected about 2 percent of our total holdings of the currency of the house, but all of our other portfolios are safe and safe," Binance said, adding that hackers used a variety of attack methods to carry out a wide-ranging security breach.
"The hackers had the patience to wait, to perform carefully prepared procedures through multiple accounts at the most appropriate time, and the checkout process went through our current security checks. Unfortunately, we could not prevent this calculation before it was implemented "He said.
Once implemented, the draw triggered various alerts in the platform system, prompting it to stop all withdrawals. Binance explained that its SAFU would cover user losses.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance Platform, gave more details on the hacking process, saying: "The process was very sophisticated and was implemented by hackers very patient, waiting for them to have a number of high value accounts.
Binance is able to cover the value of the stolen currency without assistance, but the company does not yet know the number of affected users, and the withdrawals will remain pending until the completion of the company's investigation, but the trading will remain open.
The company is currently working with other platforms to prevent deposits from hacked addresses. "It will take about a week before Binance can resume withdrawals or accept deposits again," Zhao said, because they need to be sure to end any hacker impact in all their accounts and data.
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