Collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX saw ‘unauthorised access’ to accounts

FTX has filed for bankruptcy protection (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

Collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX has confirmed there was “unauthorised access” to its accounts hours after the US company filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday.

The embattled company’s new CEO John Ray III said on Saturday that FTX is switching off the ability to trade or withdraw funds and taking steps to secure customers’ assets, according to a tweet by FTX’s general counsel Ryne Miller.