He Yi confirmed that Binance had fired employees who downloaded iQiyi, stating the company accepted responsibility and covered the costs—but emphasized such incidents must not happen again.

In response to discussions on X regarding Binance’s security incident and internal device management, Binance co-founder He Yi confirmed that the widely circulated claim—“an employee was fired for downloading iQiyi on a work computer”—did indeed occur at Binance. She acknowledged: “Yes, the employee who was terminated for downloading iQiyi on a work computer was a Binance staff member. We accept responsibility and will compensate accordingly—but such incidents must never happen again.”