US EditionPro-Israel hackers take credit after $90 million stolen from Iran’s largest crypto exchange
- Nobitex, the biggest cryptocurrency trading platform in Iran, experienced a security breach on Wednesday that resulted in over $90 million being stolen from its hot wallet.
- The pro-Israel hacking group Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility, accusing Nobitex of enabling sanctions violations and financing terrorism for the Iranian regime.
- The hackers posted on X that this attack is political sabotage targeting a key regime tool that helps Iran evade sanctions and fund ballistic missiles and nuclear programs.
- Elliptic reported the stolen funds were ‘burned’ by sending cryptocurrencies to inaccessible addresses, effectively destroying over $90 million to send a political message.
- This cyberattack occurred amid escalating Israel-Iran conflict and suggests ongoing efforts to disrupt Iran’s financial infrastructure linked to the IRGC and sanctioned actors.
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Pro-Israel hackers take credit after $138 million stolen from Iran's largest crypto exchange
Hackers stole the equivalent of roughly $US90 million ($138 million) from Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange on Wednesday, according to multiple independent crypto-tracking firms.A skilled pro-Israel hacking group known as "Predatory Sparrow" took credit for the cyberattack, which appeared to be aimed at further weakening Iran amid Israeli's military strikes on Tehran.In a post in Farsi on X, the hackers said that they had hit Iranian crypto…
Pro-Israel Hackers Claim They Took $90 million From Iran Crypto Exchange Used To Evade Sanctions
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Pro-Israel hackers steal $90M in massive Iranian crypto heist — but may have lost all of the loot for good: reports
A pro-Israel group of hackers on Wednesday drained more than $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – but may have lost all of the proceeds from the heist in the process, according to several crypto tracking firms.
Pro-Israeli Hackers Take $90M From Iran Crypto Exchange
The pro-Israeli hacker group known as Predatory Sparrow (Gonjeshke Darande) has pulled as much as $90 million from Iran’s cryptocurrency exchange. Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic reported on Wednesday that it has tracked more than $90 million taken from accounts in the Iran exchange and moved to accounts set up by the pro-Israel hackers. Theft for financial gain does not appear to be a factor, according to Elliptic. Instead, its analysis of t…
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