BTC.com, the seventh-largest Bitcoin mining pool, said it suffered a cyber-attack that resulted in a significant loss of digital assets, including $700,000 in client crypto assets, and nearly $2.3 million assets belonging to the company.
According to mining pool’s parent firm, BIT Mining Limited, the incident took place on December 3, 2022. The company said it reported the incident to Chinese law enforcement, and that some of BTC.com’s digital assets have already been secured.
The authorities launched an investigation into the security breach on December 23, 2022.
“In the wake of discovering this cyberattack, the Company has implemented technology to better block and intercept hackers. BTC.com is currently operating its business as usual, and apart from its digital asset services, its client fund services are unaffected,” the company said.