New details hacking Bancor. Stolen ethers in motion
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July 10, 2018 hackers wallets on blockchain startup and stole the tokens , and $ 23 million. Perhaps the hacker thought that the hype was already asleep and decided to use the money. A few days ago 25.5 thousand ETH sent a service like mixer.
The Amount is first broken into small pieces, and then re-grouped. Not yet clear whether the cryptocurrency transferred to the exchange or for them it will be possible to follow further. It is obvious that the attacker tries to confuse everyone.
The Exchange is not actively share information about the incident. As at the time explained to the representatives of the Bancor, «someone hacked into the wallet that was used to update the smart contracts». Apparently, the «decentralized» exchange stolen private key. How this happened is still unknown.
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In addition to 25 thousand ETH, were also stolen 3.2 million Bancor BNT tokens and 230 million tokens . Despite the hopes of a hacker or group of hackers behind the stolen funds continue to closely. It is unknown if he can ever spend.
Immediately after hacking the price of the token Bancor BNT per day decreased by 15 percent. However, the overall impact on the stock market was insignificant. As the situation then investment Director of the international network CryptoLife Mansur Guseynov, it's not too big of a event for the market, so that the quotes much impact it has had.
However, for the Bancor, the situation is unpleasant. Similar hacks have once again confirmed the unreliability of smart contracts, which threaten even the largest players like Bancor.
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