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MEXC officials stated that following a recent user asset security incident that drew community attention, the platform promptly established a special task force and contacted the user to follow up on the resolution process. To date, MEXC has reached an agreement with the user regarding all related matters, and the incident has been properly resolved.
MEXC posted on X in response to a recent user asset security incident that drew community attention, stating that it immediately set up a dedicated task force after the incident occurred, got in touch with the user, and followed up throughout the entire process. Currently, MEXC has reached an agreement with the user on the relevant matters, and the incident has been properly resolved. MEXC stated that it will continue to prioritize user asset security and rights, responding promptly and properly handling related issues whenever users need assistance.
加密货币交易平台 MEXC 官方就近期相关事件做出回应，表示平台已成立专项小组，并安排专人跟进相关账户情况及后续处理工作。MEXC 表示将持续推进处理流程，以保障用户的资产安全与相关权益。
According to a post by user @shuangfei8, their MEXC account was compromised on September 25 when attackers used forged identification documents to complete a security reset and breach the account within 10 minutes. Although MEXC subsequently froze the account and assisted in its recovery, it failed to revoke the API key created by the attacker during the period of unauthorized control. At 04:12 on September 27, merely 27 minutes after the 24-hour withdrawal restriction was lifted, the attacker exploited this residual API to bypass Google verification and email verification, draining 322,110 USDT and 9,133,999 ONE (totaling approximately $340,000) from the account across six separate transactions. The user has submitted a formal compensation claim to MEXC and attempted to report the incident to the police, demanding that the platform preserve logs, provide a written response regarding the security vulnerability, and return the stolen assets. Furthermore, multiple MEXC users have recently reported receiving suspicious emails resembling a "request to reset security settings," prompting users to immediately navigate to 【API Management】 to check for any unknown API keys.
: Harmony has released an update on the exchange reconciliation progress following the August 11 incident. It has verified on-chain deposits/withdrawals and cross-platform fund flows with Binance, Gate, KuCoin, MEXC, OKX, and Binance.US, prioritizing the coordination of restoring ONE deposits, withdrawals, and trading, with specific timelines to be announced separately by each exchange.Harmony stated that after matching 295 cross-exchange transfers totaling approximately 3.493 billion ONE and adjusting for circular transfers and returned funds, the preliminary shortage has been reduced from approximately 10.234 billion ONE to 6.581 billion ONE, a decrease of about 3.653 billion ONE. This change reflects an adjustment in reconciliation methodology and does not equate to newly recovered funds.Among these, Binance's data remains a preliminary upper-bound estimate, while some data from Gate and OKX are still pending final verification. Exchange teams have already frozen significant ONE balances and hacker proceeds. These efforts will be coordinated with the ONE migration and validator transition proposal, and validators may cease operations starting 22:00 Beijing time on September 10.
According to an official post from Midnight Foundation (@midnightfdn), the Wanchain Cardano<>BNB cross-chain bridge suffered a security attack. Currently, multiple major exchanges including KuCoin, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, OKX, and MEXC have responded rapidly, taking preventive measures to restrict the flow of stolen assets, including freezing relevant accounts and addresses, blacklisting the attacker's wallets, and suspending NIGHT token deposit and withdrawal services. The exchanges confirmed that this incident is an isolated third-party bridge vulnerability and is unrelated to the Midnight Network mainnet and the NIGHT asset itself.
the Midnight Foundation has provided an update on the handling of the cross-chain bridge attack event involving Wanchain Cardano and BNB. Multiple exchanges including KuCoin, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, OKX, Gate, and MEXC have coordinated risk control actions, temporarily freezing the involved accounts and associated addresses, adding the hacker wallet to a blacklist, and pausing NIGHT token deposits and withdrawals as needed to curb the transfer and cashing out of stolen assets.The Foundation specifically noted that this security incident is an isolated incident related to a third-party cross-chain bridge, and the Midnight mainnet and native NIGHT assets have not been affected. The project team continues to collaborate with major exchanges and ecosystem partners to advance traceability investigations, reminding the community to rely on official disclosures for information and to be cautious of misinformation.
Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain Taiko has stated its chain state verification mechanism has been compromised, and the security assumptions of all bridges deployed on Taiko can no longer be relied upon. It urges users to immediately withdraw funds from the relevant bridges. Taiko says it is coordinating with partners to control the incident and has suspended the affected systems.Crypto security firm Blockaid stated that the root cause appears to be a flaw in the way Taiko's bridge validates source signals. Attackers can submit message proofs on Ethereum that lack legitimate proof from the Taiko chain, thereby registering and withdrawing fraudulent bridge messages. This leads to the unauthorized release of assets from the ERC20 treasury. Blockaid estimates at least $1 million was stolen, while Lookonchain and PeckShield believe the value of stolen assets could be as high as $1.7 million.PeckShield reported that the attacker has transferred approximately 1.99 million TAIKO tokens to MEXC, valued at around $189,000. Data from blockchain intelligence firm Arkham shows that the Taiko attacker's wallet holds approximately $1.5 million in assets, primarily in Ether. (Cointelegraph)
According to PeckShieldAlert monitoring, the Taiko attacker has transferred 1.99 million TAIKO tokens to MEXC, worth approximately $189,100.