BNB Chain Regains Control of X Account Following Phishing Breach

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In brief

• BNB Chain’s X account was compromised Wednesday morning, posting 10 phishing links.
• Binance founder Changpeng Zhao made the public announcement of the breach via his own X account.
• The BNB Chain team has “regained full access” to its account, it stated in a tweet, adding that the estimated damage from the breach was $8,000.

The official X account for BNB Chain has been compromised, prompting an urgent alert from Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. 

“Please do not click on any links recently posted from this account,” Zhao wrote on Wednesday. “The teams are investigating and will share updates as soon as possible.”



Decrypt confirmed the breach after the account posted a fraudulent link luring users with a fake rewards program.

Screenshot of BNB Chain’s X account.

The unauthorized post invites users to vote on an “upcoming $BSC rewards date,” falsely promising early $BSC rewards to those who participated within the first 24 hours. 

Phishing attempts often deploy similar tactics designed to steal users’ digital assets and other information.

The fraudulent link appeared shortly after Zhao said the account belonging to BNB Chain “may have been compromised.”

Despite widespread alarm, the phishing link was contained, the BNB Chain team noted in a tweet.

The attacker deployed a single phishing contract and ten malicious links, resulting in a total user loss of approximately $8,000 across all chains—the lion’s share of which were from one victim who lost $6,500.

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

While the root cause of the breach remains unclear, BNB Chain noted that it has “regained full access” to its account in a tweet.

Although the recent security incident was limited, crypto theft has been on the rise. By the end of June 2025, roughly $2.17 billion was lost to such exploits, according to a recent Chainalysis report. The year-to-date figures have already surpassed the total for all of 2024 and are roughly 17% higher than those for 2022. If the current trends continue, stolen funds for the full year could eclipse $4 billion, the report highlighted.

This article has been updated on October 1 to reflect the latest developments in the story.

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