Another Platform Has Become a Hacking Victim! 8 Million Dollars of BNB and Ethereum Stolen!

Shortly before the end of 2022 cryptocurrency Hacking incidents in the industry still continue.

Most altcoin Apart from the project and crypto platform, the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has also come to the fore with frequent hacking events this year.

Last but not least Blockchain security company PeckShieldcryptocurrency wallet BitKeepannounced that he had been cyber-attacked.

Noting that some BitKeep wallet users have withdrawn their funds from the platform, PeckShield stated that the total amount stolen was approximately $8 million.

PeckShield among users’ stolen assets Binance Coin (BNB), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT) and DAI He said that there are many crypto assets, including

PeckShield also outlined the distribution of stolen cryptocurrencies. According to this; 5.4 million USDT, 196 thousand DAI, 4,373 BNB, 1,233 ETH it was stolen.

It was stated that the attackers moved the majority of the crypto money they stole to BNB Chain.

#PeckShieldAlert #BitKeep reported that several users’ funds were stolen, the official stated that possibly due to downloading a hacked APK version
∼$8M worth of assets have been stolen so far, including ~4373 $BNB5.4M $USDT196k $DAIand 1233.21 $ETH pic.twitter.com/ZdomZGFWRO

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) December 26, 2022

Confirming this attack, the BitKeep team said on Telegram:

“Dear BitKeep users, after preliminary investigation by the team, some downloaded APK packages are suspected to have been hijacked by hackers and loaded with code placed by hackers.

If your money is stolen, the app you downloaded or updated may be a hacked unknown version (unofficial release version).

Now, for the safety of user funds, if you have downloaded the APK version, please transfer the funds to the wallet downloaded from another official store (App Store or Google Play).

It is also recommended to use the newly created wallet address, the address you create via apk can be leaked to hackers.”

The BitKeep team also contacted Binance officials and called for a freeze of funds. BitKeep officials also said that users will be compensated if they are found to be at fault in the attack.