Users of Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange by commercial volume, report a suspicious activity in their accounts following an apparent piracy on Reddit, March 7.

Binance stated that the problems came from third-party tools and that "nothing proves" that the platform itself was compromised. The only users affected are those who have issued API keys on their accounts.

The user of Reddit shashankkgg originally posted in the Binance Exchange subreddit that all his altcoins were being sold at the market rate.

Another Redditor wrote: "My balance has dropped by 25%, I have VIA now and 3 of my parts have been sold in full." I bought it. one of them, to sell it again. "

According to their publication on Reddit, Binance said investigating user reports from " problems with [users’] fonds. "

While Binance studies the question, they have disabled all withdrawals.

The moderators of the CryptoCurrency subreddit recommend several tracks of action for traders using a portfolio management tool or a third party. commercial robots that use Binance API keys. This includes disabling these accounts on Binance or the tools themselves, disabling access to the API on Binance or rebooting the API key.