BTC.com hackeado: mais de $3M foram roubados
- A plataforma de mineração Bitcoin, BTC.com, foi oficialmente explorada e mais de $3 milhões foram roubados pelos invasores.
- The incident caused BTC.com to lose digital assets worth around $700,000, owned by the company’s clients.
- Cerca de $2,3 milhões em ativos de propriedade de sua controladora, BIT Mining Limited, também foram perdidos.
- BTC.com revealed that the incident has been reported to China’s Shenzhen law enforcement authorities.
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.
O oficial Comunicado de imprensa 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.
As autoridades iniciaram uma investigação em 23 de dezembro, que começou com a coleta de evidências e pediu maior coordenação com as agências relevantes e assistência da BIT Mining. Notavelmente, o anúncio não revelou nenhum detalhe sobre o fornecedor do ataque. O comunicado de imprensa diz:
“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.”
Os crimes cibernéticos estão se tornando mais sofisticados e mais frequentes. No espaço criptográfico, eles assumem várias formas, incluindo esquemas de enriquecimento rápido, airdrops falsos, brindes falsos de mídia social, representação de trocas criptográficas genuínas e plataformas de empréstimo, bem como outras atividades fraudulentas, como golpes românticos que usam ativos criptográficos como isca.
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.
Este mês, Microsoft advertiu 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.”
Jornalista cripto com mais de 3 anos de experiência em DeFi, NFT, metaverso, etc. Parth trabalhou com grandes meios de comunicação no mundo cripto e financeiro e ganhou experiência e conhecimento em cultura criptográfica depois de sobreviver a mercados de baixa e alta ao longo dos anos.
