The Deribit cryptoderivat exchange was hacked by $ 28 million

On November 1, unknown people hacked the hot wallet of the Deribit cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges and withdrew $ 28 million. This was reported by representatives of the platform.

Deribit Hot Wallet Compromined, But Client Funds Are Safe and Loss Is Covered by Company Reservations

OUR Hot Wallet Was Hacked For USD 28M Earlier this Evening Just Before Midnight Utc on 1 November 2022.

– Deribit (@deribitexchange) november 2, 2022

“Deribit hot wallet is compromised, but users are safe, and losses are covered by the company’s reserves,” the report said.

The stock exchange managed to maintain assets due to the features of distinguishing between its own and client funds-99% of the latter are stored in a cold wallet.

Deribit temporarily suspended the withdrawal and withdrawal of funds, including through third -party Copper, Clearloop and Cobo. The deposits sent the platform will process and credit the accounts “after the required number of confirmations”. However, representatives of https://gagarin.news/ua/news/safemoon-where-to-buy-the-cryptocurrency-and-how-to-do-it-step-by-step-guide/ the exchange asked users not to send new requests.

Deposits Alread Sent Will Still Be Processed and After the Required Number of Confirmation, They Will Be Credited to Accounts.

– Deribit (@deribitexchange) november 2, 2022

According to Peckshield analysts, hackers stole ~ 9080 ETH ($ 14.2 million) and ~ 691 BTC ($ 14.1 million).

Recall that in September Deribit closed the round of funding for $ 40 million. The rating of the platform amounted to $ 400 million – the indicator decreased by more than five times ($ 2.1 billion) since August 2021, when the company attracted $ 100 million.

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