Bitkeep wallet has lost crypto assets on $8 Milln due to exploit – Bits Media

The analytical company Peckshield reported, that the decentralized cryptocurrency wallet Bitkeep suffered from exploit, as a result of which the attackers managed to steal crypto assets in the amount of about $8 million.

According to analysts Peckshield, The hacker stole 4 373 BNB, 5.4 MLN USDT, 196 000 DAI и 1 233.21 ETH. Most of the funds have shifted to the BNB network, Therefore, the platform has already turned to the Binance exchange with a request to freeze the stolen assets as soon as possible. Bitkeep management promised users to return stolen funds, If during the investigation it turns out, that the exploit occurred due to the fault of Bitkeep.

Bitkeep security experts suggested, that the attack could be organized through a hacking APK version of the Bitkeep wallet, which some users downloaded. Therefore, the team urged customers to use only the official version of the wallet, Google Play and Apple App Store downloaded. Besides, The Bitkeep team asked the community community to use new wallet addresses, Since the previous ones could already led to hackers.

This is not the first hack, from which the Bitkeep service has suffered in recent months. In October, a similar incident occurred to him, which led to the loss of crypto assets on $1 million. Then the developers promised to fully compensate for the damage to injured users.

In addition to Bitkeep this year, users of many cryptocurrency platforms became victims of exploits. In early December, attackers hacked the Defi Ankr protocol, Letting go 20 TRLN tokens ABNBC, However, the Binance exchange managed to freeze cryptoactives in the amount of about $3 million, obtained by hackers.