BTC.com взломан: украдено более $3M

• Платформа майнинга биткойнов, BTC.com, была официально взломана, и злоумышленники украли более $3 миллионов.
• The incident caused BTC.com to lose digital assets worth around $700,000, owned by the company’s clients.
• Также были потеряны активы на сумму около $2,3 млн, принадлежащие ее материнской компании BIT Mining Limited.
• 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.

Официальный пресс-релиз 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.

Власти начали расследование 23 декабря, которое началось со сбора доказательств, и призвали к дальнейшей координации с соответствующими ведомствами и помощи со стороны BIT Mining. Примечательно, что в объявлении не было раскрыто никаких подробностей о поставщике атаки. В пресс-релизе говорится:

“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.”

Киберпреступления становятся все более изощренными и частыми. В криптопространстве они принимают несколько форм, включая схемы быстрого обогащения, фальшивые аирдропы, ложные раздачи в социальных сетях, выдачу себя за подлинные криптобиржи и кредитные платформы, а также другие мошеннические действия, такие как романтические аферы, которые используют криптоактивы в качестве приманки.

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.

Этот месяц, Майкрософт предупредил 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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