Posts

Showing posts with the label hacker

HTX hack: hacker offered 5% as a white hat incentive

HTX cryptocurrency exchange was formerly Huobi. The hacker made away with ETH worth around $7.9 million. HTX’s native token experienced a slight decline after the hack. In a recent security breach, cryptocurrency exchange HTX (formerly Huobi ) fell victim to a hacker , resulting in the loss of $7.9 million in Ether (ETH) as covered in our previous news. The incident, which occurred on a Sunday, was promptly identified, and the exchange’s advisor, Justin Sun, announced that HTX had taken immediate measures to cover the losses and ensure the safety of user funds. HTX’s vigilant monitoring system detected the hack as soon as it transpired. This quick response enabled the exchange to secure all user assets and address the issue without delay, restoring normal trading operations. HTX @HTX_Global has suffered a loss of 5,000 #Eth ($8 million USD) due to a hacker attack. HTX has fully covered the losses incurred from the attack and has success...

General Bytes shuts down its cloud service after a hacker compromised their Bitcoin ATMs

Image
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage General Bytes, a well-known Bitcoin ATM maker, recently announced that it was forced to shut down its cloud service upon discovering a major security vulnerability. According to the firm, the flaw allowed an unknown hacker to use the terminals to access accounts belonging to other users and breach their hot wallets after gaining sensitive information, such as passwords and private keys. On March 17-18th, 2023, GENERAL BYTES experienced a security incident. We released a statement urging customers to take immediate action to protect their personal information. We urge all our customers to take immediate action to protect their funds and https://t.co/fajc61lcwR… https://t.co/g5FGqvqZQ7 — GENERAL BYTES (@generalbytes) March 18, 2023 What happened? The Prague-based firm is one of the highly popular ATM manufacturers, and its website says that it has sold more than 15,000 Bitcoin ATMs, which...