FTX possibly hacked, nearly $1 billion drained from customer wallets, Tether imposes blacklist
FTX might be hacked as millions of dollars being drained from customer wallets. Moreover, Tether blacklisted some wallet addresses. Here are all the details.
After having filed for bankruptcy, FTX claims that it was hacked. According to the reports, hackers drained millions of dollars of crypto assets, while community manager of FTX warned not to access the website and applications.
FTX suffers from an enormous hack, remaining funds moved to cold storage
On-chain data indicates that a great number of Ethereum tokens, as well as Solana and Binance Smart Chain, Chainlink (LINK) tokens, have been drained from FTX's official wallets and to other decentralized exchanges. It is clear that both FTX and FTX US are affected from this great hack. According to details, more than $600 million worth of crypto assets drained from various FTX's wallets to mysterious wallets outside FTX.
Moreover, over $3.9 million Tether (USDT) on Avalanche and $27.5 million Tether on Solana associated with FTX account drainer's wallets were blacklisted by Tether a few hours ago.
Additionally, numerous holders of FTX wallets state that their FTX.com, FTX US and FTX TR wallets have zero balances. This may be because the FTX API appears to be down.
The FTX's Chief Legal Officer, Ryne Miller, announced that assets have begun to be transferred to cold wallets to reduce damage from attackers. Moreover, Telegram admin of FTX's official community chat stated,
“FTX has been hacked. All funds seem to be gone. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don’t go on FTX site as it might download trojans.”
