Popular cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com recently announced that it was hacked. The Singapore-based company announced that as a result of the attack, millions of dollars of crypto money were stolen, and the accounts affected by the attack were refunded.
It is a known fact that cryptocurrencies are spreading rapidly around the world and millions of people own these digital currencies. We can state that crypto currency exchanges also have an important place in this regard, and they are the largest platforms for the trading of these currencies. However, these platformscyber attackIt can also face major threats such as
Something like this happened in a major stock market recently. Popular cryptocurrency trading, stock market and wallet platform operating in Turkey Crypto.com hacked. Stating that customers’ funds were not damaged, the company announced the amount stolen by hackers as a result of the cyber attack in a new report it published.
$34M BTC and Ethereum Stolen
In the statements made on the company’s website, the total $34 million It was stated that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) were stolen by hackers. A total of 483 users were affected by the attack, 4,836.26 ETH ($15.3 million), 443.93 BTC ($18.8 million), and $66,200 It was stated by the CEO of the company, Kris Marszalek, that all users were refunded while it was reported that they were lost. Additionally, the company initially estimated a loss of $14 million; However, it was also among the news that this loss was much higher with the results.
The Singapore-based stock market also shared information about the attack. First of all, the attack January 17 It was stated that it was noticed on the same day and it was discovered that the transactions were made without using two-factor authentication in the ‘few’ user accounts. The company stated that after this situation, which was discovered by the ‘risk monitoring system’, withdrawals on the stock market were stopped.
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Finally, stating that its users may be worried about using the stock market after this event, the company announced that they have launched a new account protection program called ‘Worldwide Account Protection’. In the statements, it was stated that this program will cover the amounts (up to $250,000) lost due to third-party attacks.
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