Troubled crypto exchange FTX appears to have been hacked, with $US600 million drained from a series of FTX-linked wallets as the exchange filed for bankruptcy.
Troubled crypto exchange FTX appears to have been hacked, with $US600 million drained from a series of FTX-linked wallets following a week when founder Sam Bankman-FriedUsers have been instructed not to install any new upgrades and to delete all FTX apps, according to a statement on the company’s official Telegram channel.
“FTX has been hacked. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don’t go on FTX site as it might download Trojans,” reads a post by an account administrator in the FTX Support Telegram chat. FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller has pinned the message, after tweeting earlier that he was “investigating abnormalities with wallet movements related to consolidation of ftx balances across exchanges”.
According to on-chain analysts, around $US600 million has been withdrawn through tokens like Ethereum, Solana, BNB LINK, AVAX and MATIC.On Twitter, many FTX users are claiming they are seeing $0 balances in their FTX.com and FTX US wallets.due to a massive liquidity crunch., precipitating crypto’s highest-profile collapse in recent years.Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned as FTX CEO and has filed for bankruptcy.
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