Binance: Rumors of 335.9 million user data leak are a scam

BlockBeats news, November 9 - Binance stated that a claim offering 335.9 million user data records for sale may be a scam, and no evidence has been found of its systems, customer identity verification data, account credentials, or wallet private keys being compromised as a result. The investigation is ongoing.

Security monitoring firm ThreatMon said the forum seller is asking for $900,000 and threatened to release the data if Binance does not pay. The seller claims the data covers users in about 170 countries, including identity information, passwords, and private keys, but the claims and samples have not been verified, and the number of records does not equal the number of affected individuals.

Binance pointed out that the platform does not store passwords in plaintext, nor does it hold the private keys of users' external wallets, and the information mentions regions where it no longer operates. This data breach rumor is different from the wallet attack incident on October 29.