Hacking Incident in Iranian Cryptocurrency Sector
While new hacking incidents are being added every day in the cryptocurrency sector, the latest news came from Iran. Accordingly, Iran, which is at war with Israel, experienced a major hacking incident.
Blockchain security expert ZachXBT said a hacker group targeted Iranian exchange Nobitex and threatened to leak data. ZachXBT reported that Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex was hacked by the “Gonjeshke Darande” group. The group claimed responsibility, accusing Nobitex of helping the Iranian regime finance terrorism and evading sanctions.
“We, as ‘Gonjeshke Darande’, launched a cyber attack on Nobitex. These cyber attacks are the result of Nobitex being a major tool of the regime to finance terrorism and violate sanctions,” Group X said on its account. They threatened to release the exchange’s internal data within 24 hours and warned users to withdraw their funds immediately.
The hacker group said the remaining assets would be at risk, with ZahXBT reporting that more than $81.7 million worth of Nobitex’s cryptocurrencies were stolen. $48.6 million of that amount was stolen. ZachXBT also reported that the hacker group uses the address “TKFuckiRGCTerroristsNoBiTEXy2r7mNX.”
Nobitex confirmed that they detected unauthorized access to some of their hot wallets and the wallets were immediately suspended.
“Security incident notification This morning, June 19th, our technical team detected signs of unauthorized access to parts of our reporting infrastructure and hot wallet. Immediately following detection, all access was suspended and our internal security teams are closely investigating the scope of the incident. We would like to remind you that users’ assets are completely safe according to cold storage standards, and the above incident only affects some of the assets in hot wallets.
Nobitex accepts full responsibility for this incident and assures users that all damages will be compensated through the insurance fund and Nobitex resources. “The website and app are temporarily unavailable until a full investigation is completed. More detailed information will be released to the public once the investigation is complete.”
*This is not investment advice.