Binance has issued a statement in response to the hacking incident that occurred at BTCTurk, one of Turkey’s major cryptocurrency exchanges. Binance CEO Richard Teng has announced that they are working closely with BTCTurk to investigate the incident and have already frozen over $5.3 million of the stolen funds. The investigation and security teams at Binance are working tirelessly to prevent further attacks and safeguard the crypto ecosystem. Updates on the matter will be provided as more information becomes available.
BTCTurk has confirmed the hacking attack in a recent message to its users, stating that only assets held in hot wallets were affected. A total of 10 cryptocurrencies were impacted by the incident. However, the exact amount of funds stolen has not been disclosed by the exchange.
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