Some of the stolen cryptocurrency from yesterday’s Cryptopia hack has been sent to Binance, which has confirmed already freezing some of the funds.
Binance Freezing Funds Stolen from Cryptopia
Twitter account @ShaftedTangu that some funds stolen as a result of Cryptopia’s hack have been siphoned through Binance.
The amounts sent to Binance in question include roughly $7,500 in Metal (MTL) 00, (KNC) 00, (OMG) 00, and (ENJ) 00. All of it totals around $30,000.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO at Binance – the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by means of traded volumes, has confirmed the allegations, reassuring that they’ve already frozen some of the funds.
Zhao commented:
Just checked, we were able to freeze some of the funds. I don’t understand why the hackers keep sending to Binance. Social media will be pretty fast to report it, and we will freeze it. It’s a high-risk maneuver for them.
Just checked, we were able to freeze some of the funds. I don’t understand why the hackers keep sending to Binance. Social media will be pretty fast to report it, and we will freeze it. It’s a high risk maneuver for them.
— CZ Binance (@cz_binance)
Bitcoinist yesterday that Cryptopia’s security has been breached, resulting in ‘significant losses’. Police in New Zealand also .
Binance Caught in the Fire
Zhao’s tweet caused a reaction in crypto Twitter’s community as one user (@Crypto_Bitlord) expressed his bewilderment that Zhao referred to “social media” as a means of reporting rather than Binance’s own surveillance systems.
I’m genuinely shocked stolen funds from have easily passed through UNDETECTED until social media flagged them.
This raises some big questions.
How is that possible with modern blockchain analysis?
— Sir Bitlord
(@Crypto_Bitlord)
(@Crypto_Bitlord) On the matter, Binance’s CEO :
It’s quite easy to generate a brand new address. We (and no one) recognize every transaction out there. We already have very in-depth and detailed blockchain analysis.
Yet, the question remains – if a regular Twitter user has been able to detect the transaction in question, how, and more importantly – why did Binance miss it?
Perhaps the better question, as posed by @Crypto_Bitlord is:
So you are saying criminals can steal funds and just create a brand new address to send to before binance?
In the meantime, Binance announced today the launch of their fiat exchange. The platform is aimed at and it offers BTC/GBP, ETH/GBP, BTC/EUR, and ETH/EUR trading pairs.
What do you think of Binance missing the transactions in question? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!
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Published at Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:00:05 +0000
