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HTX has been hacked, resulting in a loss of $7.9 million.

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According to BlockBeats news on September 25th, Cyvers Alerts monitoring showed that an EOA address received 5000 ETH from HTX yesterday, and this morning it was discovered that HTX had migrated its hot wallet.

HTX confirms the true identity of the hacker

The encrypted trading platform HTX then left a message on the chain stating that a hacker had stolen 5,000 ETH from a hot wallet. "We have confirmed your true identity. Please return the funds to 0x18709E89BD403F470088aBDAcEbE86CC60dda12e. We will provide you with a 5% white hat bonus. This offer is valid for 7 days and expires on October 2, 2023. If you do not return the funds before the deadline, we will request judicial intervention."

BlockBeats reported today that Cyvers Alerts posted on social media stating that, according to their investigation, the Mixin hacker received 51 ETH from an address starting with 0x1795, which has had interactions with Binance and HTX. There is a possibility that Binance and HTX may be able to help identify the hacker's identity.

Justin Sun Responds: Platform Bears Losses This Time

BlockBeats News, after the attack, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and a member of the HTX Global Advisory Committee, posted on social media that HTX suffered a loss of 5000 ETH due to a hacker attack. HTX has fully borne the losses caused by the attack and successfully resolved all related issues. All user assets are safe and the platform is operating normally.

Justin Sun added that $8 million is a relatively small amount compared to the $3 billion in assets held by HTX users. This is also only equivalent to two weeks of revenue for the HTX platform. HTX immediately detected the hack after the incident yesterday and took swift measures to prevent any losses and resolve all issues, restoring the platform to its normal state without delay.

Huobi renamed and attacked for the first time

BlockBeats reported on the front line of Token2049 on September 13th that the cryptocurrency exchange platform Huobi has officially changed its name to HTX on its tenth anniversary. Currently, the official Huobi X account has been renamed to HTX, and the handle has been changed to @HTX_Global. According to insiders, Huobi's work email has already been changed to the @HTX suffix in August 2022.

Later, Justin Sun posted on social media that the upgrade from Huobi to HTX was only an English brand upgrade, and the Chinese brand name remains unchanged. This hacking attack is the first attack event encountered by HTX after Huobi officially changed its name. BlockBeats will update the progress of the event in real time and keep an eye on it.