Hackers stole the equivalent of $100 million from a California-based cryptocurrency company in the latest big-money hack in the digital currency industry.
The unidentified thieves hit a “bridge” — a program that allows the transfer of cryptocurrencies — of the victimized company, Harmony, it announced on Twitter Thursday night.
“Harmony is working 24 hours a day as we continue our investigation alongside the FBI and various cybersecurity firms,” said the company, which specializes in blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrency transactions.
Harmony joins a long list of cryptocurrency companies that have been looted by hackers for many millions of dollars at a time.
This year alone, hackers stole more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency bridges, according to Elliptic, a company that tracks transactions on the blockchain.
Cryptocurrency bridges are prime targets for hackers, Elliptic said, because they store large amounts of liquidity.
It is unclear who looted Harmony’s digital vaults.
In April, the FBI blamed North Korean government-backed hackers for a roughly $600 million hack at a popular video game company.
Source: CNN Brasil
