In another recent incident, a Satori botnet variant was used to hacked into Claymore mining rigs to mine ethereum. Not only are they employing phishing scams similar to the Experty incident, they are also using means like cryptocurrency-mining malware such as the Digmine bot, which is spread through Facebook Messenger.
The popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum is a profitable target for cybercriminals. About 4,700 bitcoins were stolen, the equivalent of US$64 million. In December 2017, NiceHash, a Slovenia-based cryptocurrency-mining marketplace suffered a data breach where hackers stole the contents of its Bitcoin wallet. These recent incidents are certainly not new, and there have been a number of notable incidents involving different methods to steal cryptocurrency over the past year. Experty said it would give 100 EXY tokens, or the equivalent of US$120, to every person in their email database, but users who sent Ethereum to the hackers' account will not get their money back nor will they receive complimentary EXY tokens. Moreover, a statement from Experty and Bitcoin Suisse said that the hacker got hold of the email list by compromising the computer of one of the people who carried out Experty’s Proof-of-Care review. Experty and Bitcoin Suisse have sent out warnings to users not to send money to the wallet address in the email sent by the hacker. The hacker made off with a presumed $150,000 or more from 71 transactions. An ICO is similar to an Initial Public Offering (IPO), but instead of stocks, the buyer receive tokens in an online platform. The Ethereum wallet address that the perpetrator sent isn’t associated with Experty, who previously announced that they would only handle sales of tokens through Bitcoin Suisse AG, a regulated crypto-financial broker based in Switzerland. The actual Experty ICO is slated on January 31. The hacker sent emails with a false pre-ICO sale announcement of Experty tokens to users who signed up for notifications. On January 26 and 27, a hacker tricked Experty ICO (Initial Coin Offering) participants into sending Ethereum funds to the wrong wallet address. As of this writing, Coincheck is working with Japan’s Financial Services Agency to investigate the cause of the missing tokens. The heist affected about 260,000 users, but Coincheck said that the affected users will be repaid in Japanese Yen through the Coincheck Wallet.
It abruptly froze most of its services, including deposits, withdrawals, and trade of almost all other cryptocurrencies except Bitcoin. The hack affected Bitcoin's value, resulting in a 5 percent drop on the morning of January 26.Ĭoincheck confirmed the incident in a blog post, but did not explain how the tokens were stolen. Two recent incidents of cryptocurrency theft has affected the price of Bitcoin, resulting in losses for initial coin offering (ICO) investors.įirst, Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck suffered the biggest hack in the history of cryptocurrencies after the exchange lost $532 million in digital assets, or about $420 million in NEM tokens. While cryptocurrency is gaining popularity as an investment vessel, recent reports of losses prove that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and its other equivalents are still volatile.
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