Over $100 million in Bitcoin has been taken from thousands of compromised crypto wallets, a crypto research firm found. A software bug is the mechanism behind the losses. The firm identified numerous hackers as responsible.
The scope of the bug
Thousands of wallets, one bug. The crypto research firm's findings put the stolen total above $100 million in $BTC (reported). The source names neither the specific software nor any patch.
"Numerous" is the word the source uses to describe the hackers. One bug, multiple actors: the research firm's finding points to exposure that extended across more than one criminal operation, not a single targeted breach.
What the disclosure does not include
The research firm is unnamed in available source material. No timeline for when the thefts occurred is given. No per-wallet loss figure is disclosed. The two hard data points in the public record: stolen total, over $100 million in $BTC (reported); compromised wallets, thousands (reported).