Gonjeshke Darande (also "Predatory Sparrow"), a hacking group with links to Israel, claimed responsibility for the theft, accusing the platform of serving as a "key regime tool" to finance terror and violate sanctions. The cyberattack comes shortly after Israel launched air strikes on Iran.
Israeli-linked hackers steal and destroy $90 million from Iranian Nobitex exchange
The Iran-based Nobitex cryptocurrency exchange suffered a $90 million hack, and the attacker has also promised to imminently release data and source code from the platform. The hacking group appears to have burned the crypto assets, effectively destroying them rather than taking them for their own profits.
Meta Pool exploited
An attacker exploited a vulnerability in the staking contract for Meta Pool, which is a liquid staking project. This allowed them to mint 9,700 mpETH, the project's liquid staking token, which is notionally worth $27 million. However, very low liquidity for the token meant that the attacker was only able to swap 10 ETH (~$25,000) of tokens.
Meta Pool acknowledged the theft in a post shortly after the exploit was noticed by a blockchain security firm, and announced that the team had paused the project's smart contract.