What happened
Quick Summary
BTC.com - one of the biggest mining pools - has been attacked. Although the hack happened on December 3d, BIT Mining Limited, the parent company, officially announced the attack on December 26th.
Details of the Exploit
The cyberattack is reported to law enforcement authorities in China. They started an investigation, which already helped to recover some of the stolen assets.
Case & protocol details
Classification
CeFi / Frontend & Infrastructure
Protocol Type
Exploit/Other
Affected asset / contract
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Official Website
btc.com/
Protocol Twitter/X
@XTexchange
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report cointelegraph.com
- report Report twitter.com
- analysis Web Archive archive.ph
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