BTC.com piraté : plus de $3M ont été volés

• La plate-forme minière Bitcoin, BTC.com, a été officiellement exploitée et plus de $3 millions ont été volés par les attaquants.
• The incident caused BTC.com to lose digital assets worth around $700,000, owned by the company’s clients.
• Environ $2,3 millions d'actifs détenus par sa société mère, BIT Mining Limited, ont également été perdus.
• BTC.com revealed that the incident has been reported to China’s Shenzhen law enforcement authorities.

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2022 has witnessed a record number of cybercrimes in the crypto industry and is probably one of the worst years for the industry, with many firms going out of business and billions of dollars of investors’ money stolen. The latest victim was the Bitcoin mining pool, BTC.com, which revealed about the cyber attack on December 26.

The attack, which occurred on December 3, caused BTC.com to lose digital assets worth around $700,000, owned by the company’s clients, and around $2.3 million in assets owned by its parent company, BIT Mining Limited.

L'officiel communiqué de presse by BTC.com revealed that the incident has been reported to China’s Shenzhen law enforcement authorities, and fortunately, some of the stolen funds have already been secured with the local as well as the company’s internal coordination.

Les autorités ont lancé une enquête le 23 décembre qui a commencé par la collecte de preuves et a demandé une coordination accrue avec les agences compétentes et l'assistance de BIT Mining. Notamment, l'annonce n'a révélé aucun détail concernant le fournisseur de l'attaque. Le communiqué de presse se lit comme suit :

“In the wake of discovering this cyberattack, the Company has implemented technology to better block and intercept hackers. BTC.com is currently operating its business as usual, and apart from its digital asset services, its client fund services are unaffected.”

Les cybercrimes sont de plus en plus sophistiqués et de plus en plus fréquents. Dans l'espace crypto, ils prennent plusieurs formes, y compris des stratagèmes à richesse rapide, de faux parachutages, de faux cadeaux sur les réseaux sociaux, l'usurpation d'identité d'échanges cryptographiques authentiques et de plates-formes de prêt, ainsi que d'autres activités frauduleuses comme les escroqueries amoureuses qui utilisent des actifs cryptographiques comme leurre.

While regulatory agencies around the world are trying to come up with better regulatory frameworks for the industry, bad actors seem to be unaffected. In October this year, hacker(s) targeted Binance’s cross-chain bridge BSC Token Hub, stealing over $570 million worth of funds. More recently, decentralized finance protocol Defrost Finance faced a rug pull attack losing around $12 million in funds.

Ce mois-ci, Microsoft a mis en garde the industry of an attack that is particularly targeting crypto startups. The malicious threat, DEV-013, allegedly joins chat groups on the well-known social messaging platform Telegram to gain trust of its target and gain remote access to the victims’ systems.

The tech giant also confirmed that some of the hackers “had a broader knowledge of this specific part of the industry, indicating that they were well prepared and aware of the current challenge the targeted companies may have.”

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