This week will certainly go down in the annals of the crypto industry forever. But it will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark in the mind of Sam Bankman-Fried, the former boss of the FTX crypto platform. FTT, the token native of the exchange began a free fall to the depths, his companies went bankrupt, he lost his billionaire status, he is under investigation by regulators, he had to resign and file for bankruptcy at FTX in the United States, its investors hold it accountable, etc. All this in less than seven days. But fate seems to have decided to go after him again.
The icing on the cake ?
This affair would certainly deserve that Hollywood devotes a film to it. While the bankruptcy filing has barely been made, we learn that FTX was the victim of a massive hack on the night of Friday to Saturday. The operation would have allowed the authors to take away nearly 400 million dollars. Some say $600 million.
The announcement was made by market watchers, before being relayed by members of the crypto community. It was FTX employees who initially brought the news to watchers.
The entire crypto community is currently in shock at this news and has many questions. On Twitter, some do not hesitate to make fun of the situation. There is also a rumor that has started to swell that Sam Bankman-Fried himself is behind the attack. Blockchain security experts have taken to social media to suggest users uninstall the app and not download the new version. They fear that it is a siphoning still in progress, with malware that specializes in this type of attack.
FTX, the exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried was hacked and hundreds of millions of dollars were taken away. There are currently few details of the attack. There will certainly be important updates during the day.
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