Initially, the hack was announced by security specialists from the Cyvers Alerts service. A minimum of $86.6 million was withdrawn from Heco Bridge and another $23.4 million from HTX. Later, information about the hack was confirmed by Justin Sun, an adviser to the affected exchange. He promised that HTX will fully compensate for the losses.
“Deposits and withdrawals are temporarily suspended. All funds on HTX are safe, the community can be sure of that. We are investigating the specific reasons for the hacker attack. As soon as we complete the investigation and find out the reason, we will immediately resume the provision of services,” the businessman added.
The day before, another of Sun’s companies, Poloniex, suffered a major hack, during which the attacker managed to withdraw $56 million worth of ether, $48 million worth of TRX, and $18 million worth of bitcoins from the exchange. After the incident, the exchange disabled the hot wallet and began an investigation. Poloniex management promised to reimburse all affected users.
Poloniex later managed to identify the hacker. The hacker has the opportunity to return the stolen crypto assets for a reward until November 25.
Source: Bits
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