According to the statement made by cryptocurrency researcher ZachXBT, the BNB official Discord channel was hacked and links to a fake airdrop were shared in it.
The attack came as Binance was facing a lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for allegedly violating securities laws and mishandling billions of dollars in investor funds.
According to cryptocurrency researcher ZachXBT, who first reported the incident on Twitter, hackers accessed the BNB Discord channel on June 6 and claimed that Binance hosted a BNB airdrop on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to counter the SEC's accusations. published a message.
The message read:
"Attention Everyone!
To curb the market's reaction to the clearly false SEC accusations, we are hosting a BNB airdrop at BSC to demonstrate our faith in our technology and community!
Airdrop Details
Current supply -105000 BNB
Everyone is eligible to receive some BNB!
But wallets active on BSC will get more!”
However, the website was a phishing site trying to steal users' private keys and funds. ZachXBT has warned users not to fall for the scam. In addition, the researcher also reported the attack on the BNB official Twitter account.
*Not investment advice.