IRANÍ NOBITEX cryptocurrency Exchange suffers for more than USD $ 80 million
By Hannah Pérez
The Pro-Israel computer pirate group, Gonjeshke Darand, The responsibility of the attack was awarded. They accused Nobitex of facilitating terrorist financing to Iran through cryptocurrencies.
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- Iran’s largest cryptocurrency platform is hacked by Pro-Israel Group.
- Nubitex loses more than USD $ 81 million in cryptocurrencies a piracy attack.
- The hacking occurs when Israel and Iran extend their physical physical conflict.
An Iranian cryptocurrency exchange has been the victim of a piracy attack for more than USD $ 80 million just when the ongoing war conflict between Iran and Israel extends for the sixth day.
Nobitexa popular commercial cryptocurrency platform in Iran, founded in 2017, would have been exploited by almost USD $ 82 million, with the robberies occurring in chains compatible with Tron and EVM, according to reports that cite the independent detective Zachxbt.
Zachxbt would have been the first to notify about suspicious outputs in the exchange from wallets of Troninitially reporting approximate losses of USD $ 48.65 million and subsequently updating the figure to almost double as it identified more suspicious transactions in other networks Blockchain.
As he said, the attackers extracted cryptocurrencies as Tron (TRX), Bitcoin (BTC) and Dogecoin (Doge) of the platform.
In social networks, Nobitex notified its users on Wednesday Early that his technical team had identified unauthorized access to a part of his infrastructure and hot wallet (online) of cryptocurrencies.
“Nobitex assumes all the responsibility of this incident and ensures users that all losses incurred will be completely compensated through the Insurance Fund and Nobitex resources“, He wrote the platform on his X account.
Pro-Israelí hackers are responsible
The attacker used a “vanity” direction of Tron containing the sequence «tkfuckirgcterrisnobitexy2r7mnx», with «IRGC» possibly referring to the body of the Islamic revolutionary guard of Iran. This quickly raised speculations about the possibility that the attack was related to the conflict between Iran and Israel.
This theory seemed to be confirmed shortly after, when the Pro-Israel piracy group, Gonjeshke Darendethat cybersecurity analysts believe has links with Israeli intelligence, the responsibility of the attack was attributed.
“After Bank Sepah, it was Nobitex’s turn”, The hackers wrote in their X account referring to a hack the day before the Iranian state bank. In social networks, they had claimed to have destroyed data from Banco Sepah and accused him of helping to finance Iran’s army. In the same way they made accusations similar to cryptocurrency exchange.
After The Irgc’s “Bank Sepah” you eat the turn of noblex
Warning!In 24 Hours, We Will Release Nubitex’s Source Code and Internal Information from Emir Internal Network.
Any Assets That Remain There After That Point Will Be at Risk!The Nobitex Exchange is at the heart of the … pic.twitter.com/gfybcpcfie
– Gonjeshke Darende (@gonjeshkedarand) June 18, 2025
In an X message, the group called Nobitex he “Center for regime’s efforts to finance terrorism worldwide”, Accusing him of helping Iran to evade international sanctions by allowing cryptocurrency -based payments.
They did not specify how or what mechanism they used to carry out the exploitation. The group, also known as “Predatory Sparrow “coordinated infrastructure attacks against Iranian steel factories and service stations have been awarded.
The cyber attack is produced in the midst of physical bombings between Israel and Iran.
Hannah Estefanía Pérez / Diariobitcoin
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