A breach that occurred on November 1 on the cryptocurrency trading website Deribit caused a loss of money worth $28 million.
Deribit, a company that specializes in trading derivatives and the crypto options market, had the hot wallets for its bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and USD coin (USDC) stolen.
This news comes after a rough time for cryptocurrencies. October was the month when the most cryptocurrencies were stolen. According to Chainalysis, hackers were able to steal more than $718 million in only the first two weeks of the assault.
What Came to Pass with Deribit?
Deribit announced on November 2 that their hot wallet had been hacked the day before and that the attacker made off with $28 million. Nevertheless, it was emphasized that customers’ assets were not impacted in any way.
The trading platform stated that it was corporate protocol to put 99% of their customer cash in cold storage in order to reduce the effect of incidents of this nature.
In addition to the assets of customers, the cash of anyone utilizing the Fireblocks banking platform and anyone making use of Deribit’s cold storage addresses were safeguarded.
The hack is isolated and quarantined to our BTC, ETH and USDC hot wallets.
The exchange said that it would not be using the insurance fund to cover these losses; rather, it would use the reserves that it had set up for the firm.
Putting a Stop to All Withdrawals and Deposits
Deribit temporarily stopped all deposit and withdrawal operations on the platform so that the exchange could do security checks. This also covered the actions of third-party custodians like Cobo and Copper Clearloop.
The trading site has not specified a period when it would resume processing withdrawals and deposits, but it has said that it would do so soon. Despite this, Deribit has said that it would reopen once it is assured that everything is secure.
On Twitter, the company said that “ongoing operations will not be impacted” and that Deribit remains in a financially stable position.
