A pro-Israel hacking collective has made with $ 90 million digital assets In a hack on Nobitex, an Iranian exchange.
The group, known as Gonjeshke Darning (which is Farsi for ‘Predator Savings’), took responsibility for the attack in posts on X. Group Followed up By releasing the Nobitex Source Code and warn that all assets that remained with the exchange were at risk.
“The Nobitex exchange is at the heart of the regime’s efforts to finance terror around the world,” Gonjeshke claimed in an X -post.
“Nobitex does not even hide the fact that it circumvents sanctions, but rather explicitly learns this on its website. The regime’s dependence on this exchange is so great to work on Nobitex is considered an alternative to military service, as this channel is crucial to the regime.”
According to the group, the Tavern includes $ 48.7 million in USDT, $ 6.7 million in Dogecoin and $ 1.9 million in BTC.
Especially the group alleged It had “burned” the stolen funds by sending them to addresses without well -known keys and effectively destroying the hamster. Blockchain Investigator Elliptic confirm This, finding funds began to flow from Nobitex to addresses containing variations of the term “f*ckirgcterrorists” on the morning of the attack.
Earlier this week, the group Took responsibility For another hack that destroyed data at Iran’s state bank Sepah and said it was an institution that “bypass international sanctions and used the people in Iran’s money to finance the regime’s terrorist proxy, its ballistic missile program and its military nuclear program.”
However, the group has a longer history of focus Iran. An attack in 2023 obviously closed 70% of the gas stations in Iran. In 2022 they claimed credit for a fire that broke out in an Iranian steel mill in a rare case of physical damage that resulted directly from one hack attack.
Gonjeshke Darande’s claims about Nobitex are hardly controversial. Next North KoreaMentioned the country regularly in connection with the role of digital assets in helping states blunt or avoid international sanctions.
A series of reports from Reuters 2022 accused Binance To help Iranian citizens earn $ 8 billion from digital asset transactions in violation of international sanctions, with most funds flowing directly to Nobitex.
Iranian officials have open advocated To use digital assets to get around sanctions and Western business-incubating The collar—A has been stung by supervisory authorities who want to punish units that help avoid sanctions by treating Iran transactions.
Although the regime’s ability to secure financing seems to be the ultimate target of Hack, the funds taken from the exchange were undoubtedly belonged to many individuals inside and outside Iran who have now lost access to their assets. In fact, posts on the topic are flooded with seemingly Iranian X accounts begging for their funds to be returned.
Provided Gonjeshke warning sent the assets to Wallets It had no access to; Traditional wisdom would dictate that the funds are lost forever. However, there is a growing recognition that individuals can use the courts to force the return of their stolen assets as long as they can prove ownership. Services like Token recovery Has appeared that makes such a recovery to its business model.
Whether someone with assets held at Nobitex will recover their funds remains to be seen. Given how much of the stolen assets are USD Stablecoins, the dollars are held behind each of their issuers, even though the hackers who burn the coins themselves, which can do for an interesting path of correction for all concerned.
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