Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has denied allegations made by a user on the X platform under the username “otteroooo” that KYC (Know Your Customer) information belonging to Binance customers was being sold on the dark web and distributed by hacker groups on GitHub.
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Binance and its security team, which quickly intervened in the matter, stated that they had thoroughly investigated the allegations and found no evidence of a breach in Binance’s systems, and therefore user accounts are secure.
The security team’s statement said, “Our security team has carefully examined every potential threat we have encountered and confirmed that there has been no breach in Binance systems. User accounts are protected through multi-layered security measures, including MFA, biometric authentication, and authenticators.
The security of our users is always our top priority, and we are grateful to anyone who reports potential security vulnerabilities to us so that we can take the necessary precautions.”