Users who accidentally connected to the fake interfaces of 3Commas and similar sites with their wallets belonging to the popular crypto money exchange FTX, stole about 6 million worth of crypto money. FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried announced that the stolen funds will be compensated.
last week 4 different users “When connecting to sites with bot services that trade crypto”phishing” was attacked. Some of the users 3CommasWhile it was determined that the account information was stolen because they entered a fake interface of .
Users who unwittingly enter the imitated interfaces of these crypto trading sites. API keys of FTX walletsexploited by third-party attackers. As a result of this exploit, one of the users sent a message to the FTX hotline. He stated that he lost 104 Bitcoins (BTC).
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX, one-off a statement stating that stolen funds will be compensated in the statement found.
We have multiple checks to try to prevent fake FTX sites from dumping users’ accounts. Thanks to this control, we have prevented many attacks so far and have been successful. But in crypto, scams have become sophisticated. Anyway, this hack wasn’t just phishing on FTX, it wasn’t even an FTX site. And in general, we cannot make up for the balances of users who have been phishing by fake versions of other companies on the Internet! We basically have no control over the fake interfaces of sites other than FTX. But this time we will; We will refund approximately $6 million in total. But this is not an example precedent, we will not make up for it if it happens again!
Stating that they will only compensate their users, the CEO emphasized that other exchanges should do their part. On the other hand, the attackers stated that they identified their accounts. Bankman-Friedcaptured by the attackers 24 hours for them to refund the money gave time. It was stated that if the money is returned within the specified time, they will not impose any sanctions.