BNB Chain identifies the cause of the hacker attack on account X and reimburses users.

• BNB Chain confirms hacker attack and reimburses 13 users.
• Phishing was the root cause of the X account breach.
• Losses totaled US$13 paid in USDT.

The BNB Chain team has confirmed the root cause of the hacker attack on its official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), which occurred on October 1st and resulted in losses of approximately US$13. According to the statement, the intrusion was caused by a phishing link, and all 13 affected users have already been fully reimbursed in USDT by the network itself.

Update on Account Security Incident

We're back! The team has regained full access of the @BNBCHAIN account.

The root cause of this breach is still under active investigation and we will share the updates as soon as we can. The estimated damage is $8K and the victims will be…

— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) October 1, 2025

According to the official publication, compensation transfers ranged from US$1,13 to US$6.586, fully covering each user's losses. The reimbursement was made directly on the BNB Chain blockchain, demonstrating the team's commitment to mitigating the impact of the attack.

Internal investigations revealed that the intruder gained access to account X by inducing team members to click on a fake link identified as “bnbchain.org”. The malicious address was quickly removed, but not before the hacker posted fake BNB airdrop announcements, inducing followers to connect wallets to fraudulent websites.

“Following the incident, the team implemented additional security measures to prevent similar breaches and further strengthen account protection,” BNB Chain stated. However, the company did not mention any attempts to track down the hacker or plans to recover the stolen funds.

During the hours of the attack, the attacker published a series of posts that remained active until approximately 06:00 UTC, at which point the team regained control of the account and removed the posts. Subsequent analysis showed that ten phishing links were shared, responsible for causing losses of up to US$8.000 across multiple blockchains, in addition to a US$17.800 fraud involving a fake contract with meme tokens, resulting in an additional profit of approximately US$4.000 for the hacker.

Following the incident, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao commented on the rapid mobilization of the BNB community, which even managed to boost the price of the token created by the hacker himself, called "4", raising it by 500% before the market let it fall again.

Currently, the BNB token is experiencing a slight decline, trading near US$1.090, after falling 1,7% in the last 24 hours and accumulating a weekly drop of 3,29%, while the team reinforces security protocols to prevent similar incidents from occurring again.