Millions of dollars evaporated, investors suspected to be victims of Binance's "undercover" tactics
On June 3, a shocking news caused an uproar in the digital currency circle. Well-known investor @CryptoNakamao broke the news on the X platform, saying that he encountered a horrific theft of coins on May 24, and nearly one million dollars of assets in his Binance account were "vanished" in a short period of time. What is even more suspenseful is that all this happened without the hacker obtaining his account password and secondary verification instructions (2FA).
According to @CryptoNakamao, the hacker successfully stole a huge amount of money in his account through a technique called "counter-trading". After in-depth investigation, he and the security company jointly targeted a Chrome plug-in called Aggr. He angrily said: "I became a victim of the undercover tactics in the currency circle, and my Binance account became completely clean in an instant."
He questioned why the problem of this plug-in was not announced and handled in a timely manner within a week or two before Alpha Tree announced the plug-in problem to the crypto community. He tried to find the key opinion leader (KOL) who promoted the plugin to confirm whether he had colluded with the hacker. In the process, he was surprised to find that Binance had known about the existence of the plugin for a long time and seemed to encourage the KOL to contact the hacker to get more information. CryptoNakamao said angrily: "At the moment when I was stolen, the plugin was being further promoted. Binance tracked down the hacker's address as early as 3 or 4 weeks ago and obtained the name and link of the plugin from the KOL.
CryptoNakamao expressed extreme dissatisfaction and anger at Binance's handling of the matter. He accused: "Binance staff responded extremely slowly and did not take any measures to help users recover their losses." He listed several major derelictions of duty of Binance in detail. This incident has attracted widespread attention and discussion. Many investors have serious doubts about the security of Binance and are worried that their funds will also suffer similar threats. The brave voice and detailed revelations of @CryptoNakamao have made this suspenseful incident full of fear and doubt. For this incident, we expect Binance to give a reasonable explanation and solution to safeguard the rights and trust of investors.