Luckily it was 'only' a DDOS-attack. There is not much an exchange can do about this to prevent it from happening. A DDOS-attack is pretty expensive to execute. What did the attackers want to achieve with this? Spread FUD to decrease the bitcoin/altcoin price and step in with an investment at the bottom? Good to see the market didn't react to this attack.
I'm also happy that there was no negative reaction, price-wise. It leads me to believe that this market is increasingly resilient to outside attacks. It is still rife with manipulation, but I feel we're on the right path in terms of future stability. After this last crash, which resurfaced some of the insecurities I had long ago dismissed, the market seems to be on a healthy path. I'm not very fond of violent swings, downwards or upwards for that matter. A week later, it's as if it didn't even happen. 
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Luckily it was 'only' a DDOS-attack. There is not much an exchange can do about this to prevent it from happening. A DDOS-attack is pretty expensive to execute. What did the attackers want to achieve with this? Spread FUD to decrease the bitcoin/altcoin price and step in with an investment at the bottom? Good to see the market didn't react to this attack.
Binance is working fine now... Until yesterday, I did not know that binance also has an IOS app... have it tested and works perfectly, like the app from bitstamp!! does anyone happen to know if there are such apps for bittrex and poloniex too?
There is no other real exchange for me, tbh. The most professional and most transparent team yet. Incredible support, I lost my 2fa a while back. Emailed them at 3 am. Next morning I woke up to them having reset my 2fa. I just hope it doesn't go to their heads and they end up like bittrex or something like that. The CEO seems like he knows what's up. They've pretty much been trying to avoid doing the mistakes the others have made. And it's worked out incredibly. They're on top of the game right now.
Just came in here to show these people that their efforts are and will continue to be rewarded. We need more exchanges like Binance.
Just came in here to show these people that their efforts are and will continue to be rewarded. We need more exchanges like Binance.
i can't access the website. and the bot can't connect. for me the service is still down.
I guess they are not fully up. From my end I am still having some problem with my API connecting and even on the website some things are still not working correctly. Probably, some work is still going on and they are trying to just make most people relaxed a little bit with all the FUD going around regarding the exchange. The twitter has been active anyway but I am just eager to make some trades and now is not the right time for them having issues like this.It is really crazy seeing most of these exchanges experiencing some little shut down for upgrades or some shit, and sometimes it really gets scary if we are safe or not.
Yes, no one is safe as long as it comes to an exchange since we do not have control of our money, but at least, there should always be information upfront before just closing up and logging everyone out like that, it can raise some negative vibes and send the wrong messages. I was almost losing it until I saw some tweets on their page.
Right now they're not forced to share any data with any government. Imagine an exchange from Japan sharing data of Greek citizens having account with the greek government. Not very likely, right. Also some of them like Binance have no verifications if you withdraw daily up to 2 BTC (or its equivalent) so I don't see many people withdrawing more daily.
If you keep them to your private wallet and withdraw them there, you don't have any risks!
If you keep them to your private wallet and withdraw them there, you don't have any risks!
binance.com still doesn't work
This is a truly good news, and not only for those who are having funds there, but for the whole world of cryptos. Had Binance been hacked I am afraid we would have another huge blood bath on top of the one which we just had.
this link works
https://us.binance.com/
https://us.binance.com/
Unfortunately I wanted to buy a specific coin via Binance, but it rallied hard yesterday and now I don't think it is a good idea to run after the missing train.
Shit happens. Everyday a new chance in crypto land.
Shit happens. Everyday a new chance in crypto land.
Binance was offline longer than anyone would of expected. This resulted in a flood of FUD on twitter in which John McAfee also took part of. The CEO did send out tweets to calm people's nerves. Binance was very professional during this issue.
Yes it seems its already up and running,most of the people started to panic when this McAfee has tweeted that binance has been compromised by the hackers which is like spreading another FUD,he doesnt know that it might be the reason why bitcoin's price will drop gain,because his stupidity doesnt consider people's mindset.
McAfee is just talking for the sake of having talked, his comments have no substance. When did he even become an expert for cryptocurrencies? We should stop paying any attention to what he is saying.
Yes it seems its already up and running,most of the people started to panic when this McAfee has tweeted that binance has been compromised by the hackers which is like spreading another FUD,he doesnt know that it might be the reason why bitcoin's price will drop gain,because his stupidity doesnt consider people's mindset.
Whatever it is still the best stock exchange binance. They lowered their commission rates to apologize for the time they waited. I think they show good intentions.
The site will be back to normal soon
The site will be back to normal soon
Honestly i didn’t panic at all during this situation because they handled the situation well. They didn’t lack communication and informed us on a regular basis. Of course it’s not cool to lose access to your coins. Hope it won’t happen again.
Did you have money on Binance? Were you alarmed or confident? I had a few grand on there, far more than usual... Super glad it turned out ok, but still let this be a reminder to me and everyone else, storing coins on an exchange is more scary than on a secure private wallet
Can not open Binance, it is common for other users? I logged in about few hours ago, but now it's down...
Just calm down and relax - Binance is upgrading their system in order to protect their networks and everyone's assets into Hack proof and they just don't want to be the next hackers and attackers' target.
It is important that the IT security specialists will know the cause of the attacks and the network vulnerabilities from the recent attack activities in order to patch other Crypto Exchange servers. Otherwise, it will lead again to the next market crash if they won't fix it as soon as possible.
Okay, hope you are right and their security specialists can fix it.
Will go then and read McAfee twitter for now...
Do not listen to McAfee he is a douche,he twitted binance was hacked but they werent it might cause another panic this McAfee doesnt know how powerful his words are,because most of his followers are blinded by the anti-virus thing but he himself should be cleaned because viruses are giving him a lot of delusions.I never thought binance would be hacked because it is one of a kind which has the most secured exchange system.
Binance is one of my favourites exchanges.. very easy interface and there are alot of common currencies that it had united... and also my 30k usd worth ripple were stuck there 
.. good to see it back
.. good to see it back 
I suggest you never keep all your funds in the crypto exchange since it's not very safe since you never know what might happen in the future. Also, if someone hackers Binance, I do not think they will have enough funds to cover the losses because this exchange is also an ICO project. I always send my fund to trade for less than a week and withdraw it as soon as possible.
It is the best advice today! Especially for beginners. I am totaly agree with you. You never know what will happen with any exchange even that big as binance. We could remember Mt.GOX. Jump to: