5 thousand ETH worth approximately $8 million were stolen from the hot wallet of HTX (formerly Huobi), Asia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
Another cryptocurrency exchange fell victim to a hacking attack. Cyvers Alert, which provides real-time cryptocurrency security alerts on September 25 via his official Twitter account in sharingHTX’s hot wallets were attacked yesterday and 5 thousand Ethereum (ETH) worth $ 7.9 million He stated that it was stolen.
Cyvers Alert reaches out to HTX response even though it works He stated that he could not get it. On the other hand, HTX is available on the blockchain in Chinese. trying to contact And requested a refund specified.
In the blockchain message HTX sent to the attacker, 5% white hat hacker bonus He said they would give:
We have verified your real identity. Please send the refund to the address 0x18..12e. We will provide you with a 5% white hat bonus. Our offer is valid for 7 days. If you do not make a refund by the deadline, we will apply to the judicial authorities.
Statement from Justin Sun
HTX global consultant and TRON (TRX) founder Justin Sun said in his statement on the subject: 5 thousand ETH worth $8 million Confirmed it was stolen. Stating that the exchange has covered all losses resulting from the attack, Justin Sun stated that user assets are safe. Justin Sun also said HTX is completely normal continues to operate as he stated.
Recently Balancer (BAL) And CoinEx Stock exchanges such as have also suffered similar attacks and worth millions of dollars cryptocurrency was stolen.
According to CoinGecko data, HTX’s native token, HT, was not much affected by the situation. HT in the last 24 hour period down 1.1% at $2.44 is being traded.