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Local => Nigerian Languages => Topic started by: Abiodun on May 09, 2019, 07:17:02 PM
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Day before Yesterday, for 23:40 UTC, digital asset exchange Binance announced say them suffered major security breach—discovered for 17:15 UTC that day—as a result of which them lost 7000 BTC.
The first sign of trouble come at around 19:06 UTC when Changpeng Zhao (aka "CZ"), co-founder and CEO for Binance, sent out one tweet to announce "some unscheduled server maintenance". Then, approximately, four and a half hours later, Binance sent out one tweet again to explain why despots/withdrawals dey disabled:
"Hackers Don dey able to obtain large number of user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially other info. The hackers use variety of techniques, including phishing, viruses and other attacks. Them say dem still dey conclude all possible methods wey the hacker use. There fit be additional affected accounts wey never dey identified yet. The hackers dey able to withdraw 7000 BTC for this one transaction"