Binance: Rumors of a 335.9 million user data leak are a hoax.

Binance stated that a claim selling 335.9 million user data records is likely a scam, with no evidence found of breaches to its systems, customer identity verification data, account credentials, or wallet private keys, and the investigation remains ongoing. Security monitoring firm ThreatMon reported that the forum seller is demanding $900,000 and threatening to publicly release the data if Binance fails to pay. The seller claims the data covers users from approximately 170 countries, including identity information, passwords, and private keys, but these assertions and samples have not been verified, and the number of records does not equal the number of affected individuals. Binance pointed out that the platform does not store passwords in plaintext, does not hold private keys for users’ external wallets, and the information references regions where it no longer operates. This data breach rumor is distinct from the October 29 wallet attack incident.