Japanese crypto trade DMM Bitcoin confirmed on Friday that it had been the sufferer of a hack ensuing within the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin, or about $305 million.
In response to crypto safety agency Elliptic, that is the eighth largest crypto theft in historical past.
DMM Bitcoin stated it detected “an unauthorized leak of Bitcoin (BTC) from our pockets” on Friday and that it was nonetheless investigating and had taken measures to cease additional thefts. The crypto trade stated it additionally “applied restrictions on using some companies to make sure extra security,” in response to a machine translation of the corporate’s official weblog publish (written in Japanese).
The corporate additionally promised that each one prospects’ Bitcoin deposits “can be absolutely assured as we are going to procure the equal quantity of BTC that was leaked with help from our group corporations.”
DMM Bitcoin didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
In response to De.Fi, the web3 safety agency that tracks crypto thefts and scams, hackers stole round $2 billion in crypto throughout dozens of cyberattacks and thefts final yr. Whereas that’s nonetheless a gargantuan quantity of crypto, the entire was the bottom since 2020.
