$26 million was stolen from the FixFloat exchange

The team of the FixFloat cryptocurrency exchange confirmed the hack, which resulted in losses of at least $26 million in bitcoin and Ethereum.

$26 million was stolen from the FixFloat exchange
"We confirm that there was indeed a break-in and theft of funds. We are not ready to make public comments on this issue yet, as we are working to eliminate all possible vulnerabilities, improve security, and conduct an investigation," the message says.

Since February 17, some users of the platform have started to report the suspension of transactions and the loss of assets. FixFloat initially referred to technical problems.

According to online data, the attackers withdrew 409 BTC ($21.4 at the time of writing) and 1728 ETH ($5 million).

FixFloat is a non—custodial exchange that provides automated cryptocurrency exchange without registration and KYC procedures. According to SEMrush, the largest share of traffic to the site comes from the USA (22%), the UK (9%) and France (8%).

There is a stub about technical work on the exchange's website. The support service declined to comment on the incident.

Source: https://cryptocurrency.tech/u-birzhi-fixfloat-ukrali-26-mln/

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