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- The founder of Binance has notified the public of a recent hack of BNB Chain’s X account.
- The bad actor posted a link to a phishing website requesting wallet connect.
- CZ then revealed that the account had been restored.
The last quarter of 2025 may not have started a big memo for the BNB chain due to recent attacks on social media accounts. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, CZ, used X to warn the public that their @bnbchain X account had been compromised.
BNB Chain Hackers Expand Phishing Links for Wallet Connections
On October 1, CZ used X to announce an attack on the X accounts of the BNB chain, explaining the behaviors that bad actors performed after successfully gaining control of their social media accounts.
Apparently the founder of Crypto had it I’ve notified his followers previously A possible hack. He encouraged them not to click on recently posted links from their accounts.
At the time, he claimed that the BNB chain team had been caught up in the action and had already investigated the exploitation. In his follow-up post, CZ told readers that the hackers tried to post many links to phishing websites requesting wallet connect.
Alerts 🚨: @bnbchain Your X account has been compromised.
The hackers have posted numerous links to phishing websites requesting wallet connect.
Do not connect your wallet.
The security team has already notified X and is working to suspend the account first and restore access.
Takedowns too…
– CZ🔶BNB (@CZ_BINANCE) October 1, 2025
Users who provided his data can have his entire holding sucked up in seconds. Therefore, CZ’s advice for everyone is “Don’t connect your wallet.”
To ensure that the hack impact was included, the BNB chain team contacted X to suspend their accounts, at least until they were convinced that their users and funds were safe.
By the time this article is published, CZ has already made significant updates. Your account is now restored. According to the statement prepared, all victims will receive compensation.
Your X account has been restored. The hackers won $13k.
The security team is still tracked and could be linked KYCs. The hackers went through all these issues and were further criminally liable. He may have made more by buildings.
Victims are fully compensated.
Social media security…
– CZ🔶BNB (@CZ_BINANCE) October 1, 2025
BNB Chain Milestone
The hackers decide to launch this attack while the BNB chain is enjoying the spotlight.
The Maxwell hard fork on the BNB Smart chain has recently reduced block time by almost 50%. It went from 1.5 seconds to 0.8 seconds. Franklin Templeton’s $1.6 trillion asset manager has also merged the Benji Fund.
This transaction is even more important as we chose the BNB chain for our Real World Asset (RWA) platform expansion.
In terms of price, BNB, the protocol’s native token, has risen significantly in recent weeks. From hard work to over $800, BNB trades for $1,011. It recorded an increase of up to 16.75% over the past 30 days.
As CoinMarketCap data shows, the news of the hack may have switched to its performance, but BNB is currently down 0.81%.
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