ZachXBT: SBI Crypto allegedly suffered an attack on September 24, resulting in approximately $21 million in suspicious fund outflows

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain detective ZachXBT, on September 24, approximately $21 million in suspicious funds flowed out from addresses related to SBI Crypto, involving various cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash.

The stolen funds were transferred to five exchanges and deposited into the mixer Tornado Cash. Notably, several indicators of this attack bear similarities to known North Korean hacking techniques.

SBI Crypto is a mining pool subsidiary of the publicly listed SBI Group in Japan. As of now, the company has not publicly disclosed this security incident.