The CEO of crypto trade Gate.io claims individuals are attempting to “ruin his Friday” after rejecting unverified rumors that the crypto trade had been breached and that person funds had been in danger.
Stories of Gate.io’s hack had been shared by X account Aggrnews, which claimed, “GATE RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN HACKED, RECOMMENDED TO WITHDRAW: SOURCES.”
Nevertheless, Gate.io’s CEO, Kevin Lee, denounced the declare, replying, “Deposits, withdrawals, and trading are all currently operating normally.”
He added, “Someone is trying to ruin my Friday. Stop the FUDs.”
Minutes later, the official Gate.io X account posted, “The security team has not detected any abnormalities, nor have any security agencies reported issues.”
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The rumor seemingly originated from an account known as NaniXBT, who admitted they “did zero checking” on a supply that was finally a tipoff from their “homie.”
“If youre here about the gate hack i did zero checking on it btw homie pinged me and i just sent to a few gcs im in i got no other info,” NaniXBT stated.
Aggrnews apparently noticed NaniXBT’s story in his private telegram chat and revealed it on-line. Subsequently, a accomplice of Aggrnews, BWEnews, additionally shared it utilizing an automatic bot.
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