Pro-Israel hacker group says it’s behind $81m Iranian crypto exchange theft – DL News
- Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex hacked for $81 million.
- Pro-Israel group claims responsibility.
- It isn’t Israel’s first cyberattack against Iran.
A pro-Israel hacker group claimed responsibility for an attack on Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex on Wednesday, which stole over $81 million worth of assets.
The attack began at around 5:30 a.m. UK time. Onchain records show millions of dollars worth of assets on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and several other blockchains were siphoned out of the exchange’s crypto wallets over several hours.
The suspicious outflows were quickly identified by several crypto security investigators, who posted about the situation on social media.
At 8:00 a.m., Gonjeshke Darande, a hacker group whose name translates to…
