“Hacked” MapleChange Crypto Platform Reinstates Twitter Page, Aims To Aid Clients

 

The MapleChange Hack — A Brief Overview

The multi-day MapleChange epic has continued, with the reportedly “hacked” platform returning to Twitter to consult with its customers, who were left high and dry for multiple hours.As reported by Ethereum World News yesterday, on Sunday morning, reports arose that MapleChange, a lesser-known Canada-based platform, was hacked for a large amount of Bitcoin (BTC), along with a number of altcoins, including Litecoin (LTC), Weycoin (WAE), and over a dozen other crypto assets.Originally, after conducting a “thorough” internal investigation, the exchange claimed that it would be unable to pay its users back, divulging that “the exchange has to close down, unfortunately. This includes all our social media.” While the first part of the statement is logical, the second comment led many to raise their eyebrows, so to speak, in suspicions that this hack isn’t cut and dried. 

 Following this tweet and the subsequent shut down of MapleChange’s social media pages, prominent industry leaders, like Changpeng Zhao, Joseph Young, and BitLord took to their respective Twitter feeds to comment on the apparent “hack.”Many addressed the situation with skepticism, including the aforementioned three crypto bigwigs, with some pessimists claiming that it was evidently an “exit scam” or “inside job.” These rumors even catalyzed the creation of “Maplechang’ed,” a Twitter account solely focused on revealing the nitty-gritty about the hack… and at all costs.  After some digging across the web, Maplechang’ed found a copious amount of personal information about the individual behind the exchange, who was reportedly the scammer in this case.However, unexpectedly, the exchange returned to Twitter on Sunday night after the crypto community had a field day with the situation, rebutting the claims that it was scamming its clients.

MapleChange Returns To Twitter, Rebuts Exit Scam Claims

First, the exchange’s social media team noted that they haven’t “disappeared,” adding that they shuttered their pages to “think this situation through,” seemingly rebutting the cries of “exit scam” from the crypto community at large. Interestingly, contradicting their previous comment, MapleChange revealed that while they “couldn’t refund everyone all their funds,” they were going to do their utmost to let users claim the dregs of MapleChange’s crypto assets that weren’t hacked.