By Sean Lyngaas | CNN Business
Hackers have stolen the equal of $100 million from a California-based cryptocurrency firm within the newest big-money hack within the digital foreign money business.
The unidentified thieves hit a “bridge” — a program that permits for the switch of cryptocurrency — the victimized firm, Harmony, announced on Twitter Thursday night time.
1/ The Harmony workforce has recognized a theft occurring this morning on the Horizon bridge amounting to approx. $100MM. We have begun working with nationwide authorities and forensic specialists to establish the perpetrator and retrieve the stolen funds.
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— Harmony ? (@harmonyprotocol) June 23, 2022
“Harmony is working around the clock as we continue our investigation alongside the FBI and multiple cyber security firms,” stated the firm, which makes a speciality of blockchain expertise that underpins cryptocurrency transactions.
Harmony joins an extended checklist of cryptocurrency corporations which were plundered by hackers for a lot of tens of millions of {dollars} at a time. This 12 months alone, hackers have stolen over $1 billion from cryptocurrency bridges, according to Elliptic, a firm that tracks transactions on the blockchain.
Cryptocurrency bridges are prime targets for hackers, Elliptic stated, as a result of they retailer giant quantities of liquidity.
It’s unclear who looted Harmony’s digital coffers.
The FBI in April blamed North Korean government-backed hackers for a roughly $600-million hack of common online game firm.
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