Hackers stole USD 90 million from the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Iran

Proizrael hackers stole the equivalent of approx. 90 million dollars from the largest Iranian Nobitex cryptocurrency exchange, CNN said. The group called Predatory Sparrow wants to weaken the Iranian authorities in this way. The Israeli-Iranian conflict has been ongoing from June 13.

Hackers in the post posted on Wednesday on X confessed to attack, claiming that the Iranian government is using the cryptocurrency exchange to celebrate international sanctions. In the issued statement, Nobitex confirmed that the incident occurred and suspended his activity until further notice.

Elliptic and TRM Labs cryptocurrency companies have confirmed that Nobitex funds have been stolen and sent to other accounts or frozen in digital wallets.

Hackers reported that they also destroyed the data stored by the Iranian Bank SEPAH through which the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps was to finance attacks on Israel. The Iranian state press agency Fars warned Iranians against potential interference in banking services, especially at gas stations.

According to CNN, citing its source in Tehran, many ATMs in the Iranian capital do not work or you cannot withdraw cash from them.

Also on Wednesday, the hackers were attacking Iranian state television, emitting in it film material calling for the inhabitants of Iran to publicly uprising against their country's government.

The Predatry Sparrow (Predicine Wróbel) group has been operating for at least five years. Until now, she answered, among others for disturbing the work of the Iranian steel steelworks and an attack on payment terminals at gas stations. Members of the group introduce themselves as an anti-aircraft Iranian hackers-detectivists, but among cybersecurity experts, it is widely suspected that they have connections with Israel.

The Iranian government issued a warning to citizens so that they would not use the WhatsApp messenger, fearing that Israel is collecting information from the talks held there. A spokesman for Meta, the owner of WhatsApp, emphasized that the news in this application is encrypted.

According to Times of Israel on Thursday morning, citing Netblocks monitoring internet communication and cybersecurity, Iran has been cut off from the Internet for over 12 hours. The situation was described as “almost total internet Blackout in the country”.

The Iranian regime announced that there is limited internet access in the country, and accused Israel of using the network for military purposes. (PAP)

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