The cybersecurity exploit occurred due to a “sophisticated server breach,” CoinDCX CEO and co-founder Sumit Gupta said on Saturday.

Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX was hacked on Friday leaving the exchange drained of $44 million. 

The hackers compromised one of CoinDCX’s internal accounts used for “liquidity provisions” with another exchange through a server breach.

No user funds were affected by the exploit, according to CoinDCX CEO Sumit Gupta. The CEO also said that all customer funds remain safe and wrote:

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