Hackers steal $3 million worth of assets from major bitcoin mining pool.
The incident resulted in the theft of digital assets belonging to the pool and its clients worth a combined total of $3 million.A subsidiary of the coin minting company Bit Mining has been targeted in a hacking attack, the company said in a press release. The affected entity is a leading bitcoin mining pool,, which in the past week accounted for over 2.5% of the pool distribution and has a share exceeding 4% on annual basis.
According to the announcement published Monday, Dec. 26, the platform was hit on Dec. 3, 2022. As a result, $2.3 million worth of digital assets owned by the company and another $700,000 in asset value belonging to its clients were stolen. The cyberattack has been reported to law enforcement in Shenzhen, China on Dec. 23. The Chinese authorities launched an investigation into the incident and are collecting evidence with the support of relevant agencies, Bit Mining detailed and further emphasized:The mining firm said that some of Btc.com’s crypto assets have already been secured.
Btc.com is currently operating its business as usual, and apart from its digital asset services, its client fund services are unaffected.
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