Hackers steal and destroy millions from Iran’s largest crypto exchange

Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex said on Wednesday that it was hacked and funding from its hot wallet was extracted.

In a statement on the website translated by TechCrunch, Nobitex says it has identified unauthorized access to its infrastructure and hot wallet, where the company stores a portion of its customers. The company says it is investigating the incident and its website and application will be unavailable for the near future.

Public records Hackers have stolen at least $ 90 million in company assets through multiple transactions. Blockchain analysis agency Eliptic says Hackers “burned” the stolen funds By sending the crypto to the accessible wallet, the money effectively removed from the circulation.

According to Nobitex there are more than 10 million customers An archive copy Nobitex website since last week.

Sparrow (also known as “Ganjesh Darande” in Persian, the hunter of the Israeli hacking group, took the achievement of CyberTack. In A post on xThe group has said that Nobitex has been targeted for financing terrorism for the Iranian government and avoiding international sanctions.

A day before, the hacking group Iran also claimed responsibility for hack in the bank sepah As a result of widespread conflict in ATMs across the country.

The news of CyberTacks comes when Israel and Iran attack each other cities. It is not clear who is behind the hunter sparrow, which was published in the first 2021, but the hacking group contains In the past, Iranian agencies with destructive cybattacks targetedAnd extensively the Israeli appears together with the interests.

Iran’s News Outlet Erib said on Tuesday that Israel in the ongoing military conflict ““ The hugely started cyber war [Iran’s] Digital infrastructure to disrupt the service supply process. ”