Hacker stole $566 million worth of Binance Coins from Binance Bridge

From securityaffairs.co

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Hackers have reportedly stolen $566 million worth of Binance Coins (BNB) from the Binance Bridge.

It seems that threat actors were able to exploit an issue with the bridge, the attack took place at 2:30 PM EST today. The attackers were able to transfer the funds to their wallet through two transactions [12], each of 1,000,000 BNB.

Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao confirmed the attack and explained that the vulnerability has been contained.

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