Which Iranian crypto exchange got hacked in June 2025?
Iran-based crypto exchange Nobitex suffered a hack on June 18. Pro-Israel hacker group Gonjeshke Darande claimed responsibility for the $81-million crypto theft.
Blockchain security analyst ZachXBT alerted the community within the same day of the attack. According to the analyst, hackers exploited a hot wallet failure in the crypto exchange to access and drain wallets.
Nobitex later confirmed that $81 million worth of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin
BTC
$117,533
, Ether
ETH
$3,766
, Tron
TRX
$0.2985
, Solana
SOL
$196.13
and Dogecoin
DOGE
$0.2811
, was stolen. The exchange clarified that only hot wallets were affected by the attack and that cold wallets remain safe.
Meanwhile, pro-Israel hacker group Gonjeshke Darande (Predatory Sparrow) claimed responsibility for the attack through its social media accounts.
For those following up on current events, the hack may seem more than just another crypto attack and possibly tied to the Israel-Iran conflict. And that assumption has some merit.
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https://cointelegraph.com/explained/pro-israel-hackers-took-81m-in-crypto-but-it-wasnt-about-the-money?