Kucoin Official Twitter Account Hacked

KuCoin Official Twitter Account Hacked;$22,000 worth of assets compromised.

As per KuCoin’s announcement on its Telegram channel, its official Twitter account has been hacked.

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The attackers left a phishing site on their feed with which users are warned not to interact or send any funds.

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The development team is taking measures to prevent the risk and regain access at the moment.

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It is reported that scammers have received $1,408 BTC and $4,945 ETH so far through a scam wallet.

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The exchange recorded a hack in September 2020 as well that resulted in a loss of up to $289 million.

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However, the exchange was able to recover $222 million, equivalent to 78% of the compromised assets.

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The exchange’s KCS token has dropped about 1.5% in the past 24 hours, currently trading at $8,0761.

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