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Catalyx suspects the security breach — which resulted in undisclosed losses — may have involved one of its own employees.

Canadian crypto exchange Catalyx has halted withdrawals and suspended all trading activity on its platform following the discovery of a “security breach,” which it suspects may have involved one of its own employees.

“Management suspects that this security breach, which may involve an employee, has resulted in the loss of a portion of the crypto assets held by the Company on behalf of its clients,” wrote Caltyx in a Dec. 28 statement

Catalyx did not disclose how much of its crypto assets had been lost to the breach. 

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