Binance suspends withdrawals while probing a security incident, Reuters reports
- Status
- Unverified: only social posts report this so far
- Kind
- Security outage
- Vendor
- Binance
- First seen
Summary
Reuters reports that Binance has suspended withdrawals while it investigates a security incident. The item does not say what was accessed or whether funds were lost, and crypto markets reportedly fell.
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What the sources say 4
· Bluesky: “Binance suspends withdrawals as it probes a security incident; crypto markets fall” Source
· Bluesky: “Binance suspends withdrawals as it probes a security incident; crypto markets fall” Source
· Bluesky: “Binance has suspended all deposits and withdrawals while it investigates a security incident that has frozen more than $2.5 billion in assets, according to Bloomberg.” Source
· Bluesky: “CoinDCX has restricted new futures positions after Binance’s security incident disrupted a key liquidity provider.” Source