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Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx has notified its users that it suffered a hack on March 24.
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx has notified its users that it suffered a hack, according to an official announcement on the platformâs Telegram Channel on March 25.
The incidentâ described as âattacks from hackersâ that resulted in the transfer and theft of both âusersâ [...] and Platform crypto assets,â reportedly occurred on March 24, and was immediately detected by DragonEx. An admin from the exchange notified users that:
âPart of the assets were retrieved back, and we will do our best to retrieve back the rest of stolen assets. Several Judicial administrations were informed about this cyber crime case including Estonia, Thailand, Singapore, HongKong etc. and weâre assisting policemen to do investigation. All platform services will be closed and the accurate assets loss recovery situation will be announced in a week.â
The admin adds that in regard to user losses, âDragonEx will take the responsibility no matter what.â As of press time, the amount of cryptocurrency involved is unknown.
A second admin post warned users that official DragonEx customer services support never requests sensitive information such as âpasswords, Email verification code, GA code, SMS code, and private key for transfer.â
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