Indian crypto exchange bitbns was hacked in February 2022 but told its users it was a maintenance problem because law enforcement advised them to do so, the CEO gauravdahake said. By amitoj
CoinDesk has not been able to verify the claim independently with law enforcement, and neither Dahake nor BitBNS has not responded to our requests for comments.
The hack was first uncovered and made public by prominent crypto sleuth ZachXBT, with a tweet on Wednesday asking his followers to"call out the crypto exchange" for hiding the incident from users.
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