Hackers say they wiped out USD 90 million from Iran crypto-currency exchange
Dubai, Jun 19 (AP) Hackers with possible links to Israel have drained more than USD 90 million from Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, according to blockchain analytics firms.
The group that claimed responsibility for the hack on Thursday leaked what it said was the company’s full source code. “ASSETS LEFT IN NOBITEX ARE NOW ENTIRELY OUT IN THE OPEN,” the group wrote on its Telegram account.
The stolen funds were transferred to addresses bearing messages that criticised Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic wrote in a blog post. It said the attack likely was not financially motivated as the wallets the hackers had poured the money into “effectively burned the funds in order to send Nobitex…
