FTX Official & FTX US’s wallets appear to be hacked, with over $600 million leaving the exchange

Per CoinDesk:

More than $600 million in crypto left bankrupt crypto company FTX’s wallets late Friday, with little clear explanation as to why.

Soon afterwards, FTX stated in its official Telegram channel that it had been hacked, instructing users not to install any new upgrades and to delete all FTX apps.

“FTX has been hacked. FTX apps are malware. Delete them. Chat is open. Don't go on FTX site as it might download Trojans,” wrote an account administrator in the FTX Support Telegram chat. The message was pinned by FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller.

According to on-chain data, various Ethereum tokens, as well as Solana and Binance Smart Chain tokens have exited FTX’s official wallets and moved to decentralized exchanges like 1inch. Both FTX and FTX US appear to be affected.

Miller tweeted earlier in the evening that he was “investigating abnormalities with wallet movements related to consolidation of ftx balances across exchanges.”

The transfers, which have not been addressed officially by FTX leadership, come on the same day that the firm officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after apparently losing billions of dollars in user funds.

Many FTX wallet holders are also reporting that they are seeing $0 balances in their FTX.com and FTX US wallets.

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