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Abstract:The hack came just hours after Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO Speculation is rife of an 'inside job'
The FTX drama continues.
Take Advantage of the Biggest Financial Event in London. This year we have expanded to new verticals in Online Trading, Fintech, Digital Assets, Blockchain, and Payments.Just hours after FTX crypto exchange filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried resigned as CEO, over $600 million disappeared from FTX wallets within a matter of hours with no explanation as to why.
Amid the Friday night confusion, there was speculation that the draining of wallets into a single account was the action of a liquidator or even a regulator. However, shortly after, it was confirmed on the FTX official Telegram channel (now pinned by FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller) that the hundreds of millions of dollars being siphoned off was indeed the action of a hack, as the FTX.com website came offline.
Both FTX and FTX US appear to be affected by what is speculated to be the result of a Trojan, with users of both exchanges reporting balances of $0 in their accounts. Reports are emerging of SMS messages and emails being sent by FTX to customers to log into the app and website, which are infected with a trojan and enabled the hack.
With the attack and account draining appearing to be ongoing at the time of writing, speculation is rife on what is happening and where the money is going. Accusations of an 'inside job' quickly gathered steam on social media.
It does not take Sherlock Holmes to link the draining of accounts to the recently resigned CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried who took to Twitter on Thursday to explain and apologize for his actions. Twitter sleuths were quick to point out why they thought it “hard to believe this isn't a coordinated inside job.”
With the attack understood to be ongoing and details emerging all the time, approximately $1 billion is believed to be drained so far. All FTX and FTX US users are being advised NOT to visit the app or website and delete the app altogether.
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