Binance: Rumors of 335.9 million user data leaks are a scam

Binance stated that a message claiming to sell 335.9 million user data may be a scam, and currently, there is no evidence that its systems, customer verification data, account credentials, or wallet private keys have been compromised; the investigation is ongoing.

Security monitoring company ThreatMon reported that the forum seller is demanding $900,000 and threatened to release the data if Binance does not pay. The seller claims that the data covers users from approximately 170 countries, including identity information, passwords, and private keys, but these claims and samples have not been verified, and the number of records does not equal the number of affected individuals. Binance pointed out that the platform does not store passwords in plain text and does not hold the private keys of users' external wallets, and the information mentioned regions where it no longer operates. This data leak rumor is not the same as the wallet attack incident on October 29.