Dear Bingbon Users and Partners,
Hello everyone,
First of all, thanks for your constant attention and support for Bingbon.
We’re so happy to have this opportunity to communicate with everyone through this letter to explain why Bingbon has been attacked recently, and our plans for the future development of Bingbon.
Bingbon was established in 2018. It has been more than two years already! In just over two years, we have covered 37 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.
For this achievement, we have to give thanks to all of you, including our users, partners, investors and competitors.
Original Intention
Recently, we have been thinking about the original intention of Bingbon. The Bingbon team adheres to a motto: creating a fair and just trading environment for all users. We hope more and more people will recognize the digital asset derivatives market, and will be able to participate in trading and investing in a simple and transparent way. We are committed to creating the most safe, stable, fair, just, convenient and efficient trading service platform in the industry.
Response to this Attack
However, it has not been easy for us. In June, when the Bingbon team was working as normal, there was a sudden influx of anonymous WeChat accounts flooding the community and spreading rumors, including terms like “exit scam”. These accounts "successfully" created a negative public opinion of Bingbon.
In order to reassure all users, partners and investors, we think it is necessary for us to explain to you:
Throughout the steady development of Bingbon, we have found that there are unknown organizations orchestrating DDoS attacks against Bingbon for consecutive days, causing users trading to be affected on the Bingbon platform. After investigation, we have found that these attacks were coordinated by our competitors, a result we were least willing to believe.
As can be seen from the data in the figure below, we were subjected to intense DDoS attacks from June 8 to June 18. On June 17, an organization purchased a 2 TB DDoS attack. However, our technical team is online 24 hours a day, and solved the problem as quickly as possible when it occurred, returning to normal operation.
DDoS Attack
Some competitors saw that DDoS attacks didn’t work against Bingbon, so they began to hire a large number of bot accounts to spread rumors in the community. This has given us a warning, and we will invest more energy into preventing these attacks, at the benefit of the entire industry.
Future Improvements and Prospects
We will continue to improve our product development and research capabilities, and give users a better product experience.
At present, our energy is mainly divided into three parts.
First, security and privacy. As an international platform, we put user security and privacy first, and we deeply understand the importance of security. At present, we have reached in-depth cooperation with security companies such as SlowMist to provide users with a more secure experience.
Second, product development and research. We are not particularly satisfied with our products. We hope to provide users with better and better products over time.
Third, global compliance operation, which is also a very critical part of us. In the future, Bingbon will continue to take the global development route, establish the Bingbon global brand, and accelerate the compliance process.
Last but not least, thank you to all the Bingbon users, and thank you for your firm trust and support in Bingbon. We still have a lot of room for development. The journey will be long, and the responsibility is very heavy. I hope you will witness the growth of Bingbon with us in 2020.
Bingbon Team
June 2020