3Commas denied rumors about hacking its API keys – Bits Media

The 3Commas crypto company reported, that a joint investigation with the FTX exchange revealed: The keys of the 3Commas API were not used for unauthorized transactions with DMG trading pairs on FTX.

The 3commas team claims, that the API keys, probably, were obtained as a result of a third -party phishing attack or hacking. During the investigation, the team discovered, that several fake websites, Presenting themselves for 3commas, used for phishing, Flosing users to connect their accounts to fraudulent web interfaces:

“Then the API keys were saved on a fake website and used to place unauthorized transactions with DMG trading pairs on FTX”.

3commas is suspected, that third -party extensions of the browser or malicious in the fraudulent scheme could be involved in: 

“There was no hacking any databases of security records 3commas, not the API keys. This problem has affected many users, who have never been clients 3commas, Therefore, there is no probability, that this is a leak of the API keys, emanating from 3commas ".

The 3Commas team emphasized, that its representatives are now "in close contact with the victims of this third -party attack and work with them, to help and collect more information ". Previously, Twitter user through the Peckshield channel
said ftx, that I lost about $1.5 Milln due to exploiting keys to the 3Commas and FTX blockchain API.

Recently, General Director of the FTX Exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried (Sam Bankman-Fried) offered to pay hackers a reward in the amount $5 Milln or 5% from the volume of stolen crypto assets, to smooth out the consequences of hacks and exploits.