Iran’s biggest crypto exchange, Nobitex said on Wednesday that it was hacked and funds were cleared of its hot wallet.
In a statement on its website translated by Techcrunch, Nobitex said it detected unauthorized access to its infrastructure and hot wallet, in which the company stores part of its customers’ cryptocurrency. The company said it is investigating the incident, and that its website and app is not available for the foreseeable future.
Public records Show the hackers stole at least $ 90 million from the company’s assets for multiple transactions. Blockchain -analysis company Elliptic said the Hackers “burned” the stolen funds Sending the crypto to an inaccessible wallet, effectively taking the money out of circulation.
Nobitex has more than 10 million customers, according to Archived copy from last week’s Nobitex website.
Pro-Israel Hacking group Predory Sparrow (also known in Farsi as “Gonjeshke Darande”) took credit for the Cyberattack. In Post on XThe group said it aims at Nobitx to allegedly fund terrorism for the Iranian regime and to evaluate international sanctions.
A day earlier, the hacking group also claimed responsibility for Hack on Iranian Bank SEPA resulting in widespread interruptions at ATMs across the country.
News about the cyber attacks comes when Israel and Iran attack each other. It is unclear who is behind a prey sparrow that first appeared in 2021, but the hacking group has targeted Iranian organizations with destructive cyber attacks in the pastand widely appears aligned with Israeli interests.
Iranian News Exit Irib said on Tuesday that in the midst of the ongoing military conflict, Israel “launched a massive cyber war against [Iran’s] Digital infrastructure to disapprove the process of providing services. ”
