Crypto money platform Bitmart, which has been operating since 2017, did not accept the hack from the beginning, but CEO Sheldon Xia confirmed the hacking event with his statement.
The attacker was able to steal over $196 million, of which approximately $100 million was via the Ethernet blockchain and approximately $96 million via the Binance Smart Chain blockchain.
The Shiba Inu community and Huobi exchange did not remain indifferent to the hack, which caused a loss of approximately $ 200 million, and announced their support for the Bitmart exchange.
The Shiba Inu community shared on its Twitter account, “While the core of our project is decentralization, we want to show our support and show some love to our friends at @BitMartExchange who are already working hard to make up for yesterday’s attack,” adding that they wanted to help Bitmart in a difficult situation.
Dear #ShibArmy,
Even though the core of our project is decentralization, we want to show our support and give some love to our friends at @BitMartExchange, who are already working hard to fix the security incident that happened yesterday. pic.twitter.com/CJZjQHaP59
— Shib (@Shibtoken) December 5, 2021
Huobi Exchange, on the other hand, offered to help freeze the transactions regarding the hacking incident.
Huobi will do our best to assist #BitMart in handling this issue. If there are any inflows of related assets, we will report and assist in a timely manner.
— Huobi (@HuobiGlobal) December 5, 2021
Bitmart CEO, who said that withdrawals are temporarily suspended until further notice, also stated that the security review continues.
In addition, stating that users will not suffer any loss, Bitmart stated that investors affected by the hack will cover their losses with their own funds.