‘Someone is trying to ruin my Friday’ says Gate.io CEO after hack rumors
The CEO of crypto exchange Gate.io claims people are trying to “ruin his Friday” after rejecting unverified rumors that the crypto exchange had been breached and that user funds were at risk.
Reports of Gate.io’s hack were shared by X account Aggrnews, which claimed, “GATE RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN HACKED, RECOMMENDED TO WITHDRAW: SOURCES.”
However, Gate.io’s CEO, Kevin Lee, denounced the claim, 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 called NaniXBT, who admitted they “did zero checking” on a source that was ultimately 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 said.
Aggrnews apparently saw NaniXBT’s story in his personal telegram chat and published it online. Subsequently, a partner of Aggrnews, BWEnews, also shared it using an automated bot.
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