Maybe it was North Korea?
On Monday, Crypto.com suspended withdrawals following what was termed “Unauthorized Activity”. Now, they’re prompting users to reset passwords and enable two-factor identification, especially if they didn’t have it before. And while rumors that up to $16 million in cryptocurrency was lost, Crypto.com assures users that their money is “safe”.
Overnight, the company’s CEO Kris Marszalek sent out a tweet informing people that users would finally be able to make withdrawals.
The weird thing is, though, that some users reported having funds missing from their wallets before the site was restored. Notably, crypto influencer Ben Baller tweeted at the company, claiming to have lost 4.28 ETH (roughly equivalent to $13,600), then followed up with the possibility that Crypto.com had lost about $16 million worth of Etherium from their wallet:
Of course, his funds were eventually restored.
As it stands, there’s no real idea on what, exactly, happened to Crypto.com, here. Whether it was hackers (in which case, how did they manage to reimburse everyone?) or some weird software problem is currently anyone’s guess. On the plus side, Marszalek has said (above) that the company will give a post-mortem on the entire event, once things have been fully figured out.
Source: Gizmodo
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