Victims of 3Commas API Leak Demand Refunds and Apology for ‘Gaslighting’

The 3Commas API leak victims are demanding refunds and an apology from the cryptocurrency trading platform for mishandling the whole situation.

A constant back and forth between 3Commas and alleged victims of unauthorized trades coming from their accounts has been going on for the past few months.

Strongly disputing any hack or breach that may have occurred, 3Commas and its CEO Yuriy Sorokin also ruled out an inside job by an employee gone rogue. Instead, it asserted that any exposed APIs were the result of phishing attacks on users.

However, Sorokin finally acknowledged there had been a sizable API leak from the company on December 28 and confirmed the legitimacy of a database of API keys shared by a hacker:

“We saw the hacker’s message and can confirm that the data in the files is true. As an immediate action, we have asked that Binance, Kucoin, and other supported exchanges revoke all the keys that were connected to 3Commas.”

Since an inside job was always a possibility and was on our watch list, “we did everything we could to investigate it, but there was no evidence of an inside job,” Sorokin continued.

This unexpected admission has left the community perplexed, especially in light of the fact that 3Commas had on December 11 described customer reports of a leak as “false rumours shared by bad faith actors using falsified evidence.”

Just a reminder: You have been blaming the hack’s victims for the past two months. When it turns out that 3Commas was the bad faith actor, lying, and falsifying evidence, you have falsely accused the victims of being “bad faith actors” and of having “falsified evidence,” wrote Twitter user Pledditor.

CoinMamba, a well-known cryptocurrency trader, wrote on Twitter: “You kept lying and saying it was our fault instead of taking responsibility and stopping [sic] further exploits. Will you now issue the users a refund?

After posting about the API leak for weeks, blockchain sleuth ZachXBT chimed in, “Congrats you morons are what’s wrong with the space.

The 3Commas tweet confirming the leak drew equally hostile comments, with turgut oztunc writing: “You are really funny guys. In the event that you don’t promptly recover our funds, we’ll see you in court.