Bilaxy Cryptocurrency Exchange Deletes The Website Following A Crucial Hack
A less prominent cryptocurrency exchange, Bilaxy, confirms a major hacking incident on its platform. In addition, the exchange reports some fund losses from the attack on its platform’s ERC-20 hot wallet. An announcement on its Telegram channel disclosed that the exchange was hacked on August 28. The attack occurred between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. […]
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Bilaxy cryptocurrency exchange is yet to announce the value of funds lost to a hacking incident that occurred on Aug 28. Bilaxy, a lesser-known cryptocurrency exchange, has confirmed a major hacking incident, reporting losses of funds due to an exploit of the platform’s ERC-20 hot wallet.Bilaxy announced on its Telegram channel that the crypto exchange suffered a “serious hack” on Aug. 28 between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. UTC, resulting in the transfer of 295 different ERC-20 tokens.According to the exchange, the affected tokens were transferred by the hacker to a single address. At the time of....
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