{"id":500984,"date":"2025-10-01T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=500984"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:47:33","slug":"top-bitcoin-mining-pool-sbi-crypto-hacked-21-million-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/top-bitcoin-mining-pool-sbi-crypto-hacked-21-million-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Bitcoin mining pool SBI Crypto hacked, $21 million stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese mining pool operator SBI Crypto has suffered a $21 million theft in a breach that investigators are linking to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/north-korean-hackers-used-fake-crypto-firms-to-deliver-malware-in-job-scams\/\">North Korea attackers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 1, blockchain researcher ZachXBT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/investigations\/278\">identified<\/a> unusual outflows from the firm involving <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/litecoin\/\">Litecoin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/dogecoin\/\">Dogecoin<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin-cash\/\">Bitcoin Cash<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to his findings, the funds moved quickly through five instant exchanges before being routed into <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/tornado-cash\/\">Tornado Cash<\/a>, a mixing service widely used to disguise digital asset flows.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the scale of the breach, SBI Crypto has yet to release an official statement about the attack.<\/p>\n<h2>North Korea link<\/h2>\n<p>ZachXBT linked the attack to North Korea-backed attackers.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past years, North Korean hackers have intensified their focus on crypto-related exploits as sanctions restrict the regime's access to traditional financial systems.<\/p>\n<p>That strategy has already made a global impact. This year alone, DPRK-backed attackers have <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/north-koreas-hackers-laundered-1-5-billion-in-stolen-crypto\/\">siphoned over $1.8 billion<\/a> from crypto markets, including hacks on major crypto platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bybit-exploit-tied-to-safe-developer-machine-vulnerability\/\">Bybit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/fbi-reveals-north-korea-used-linkedin-to-steal-305-million-from-japans-dmm-bitcoin\/\">DMM Bitcoin<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/hacker-nearly-completes-laundering-230-million-stolen-from-wazirx\/\">WazirX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This figure is more than the $1.3 billion attributed to the attackers the previous year, highlighting their growing reliance on blockchain-based thefts as revenue streams.<\/p>\n<h2>SBI Crypto's market position<\/h2>\n<p>SBI Crypto operates as part of SBI Group, Japan's largest digital asset conglomerate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/miningpoolstats.stream\/sbicrypto.com_pools\">Data<\/a> from MiningPoolStats ranks it as the 12th largest Bitcoin mining pool with around 20 EH\/s in hash power, and records show it produced a block less than a day before the breach came to light.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_500989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500989\" style=\"width: 1539px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-500989\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159.jpg\" alt=\"SBI Crypto \" width=\"1539\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159.jpg 1539w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159-1024x252.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159-768x189.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-01-181159-1536x378.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1539px) 100vw, 1539px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-500989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SBI Crypto Mining (Source: Mining Pool Stats)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company also maintains a strong presence on the Bitcoin Cash network, controlling over 21% of its computing share with 900.67 PH\/s. Blocks were last mined on that chain just hours before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>It also maintains smaller operations in Litecoin with 3.92 TH\/s, most recently finding a block two days ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese mining pool operator SBI Crypto has suffered a $21 million theft in a breach that investigators are linking to North Korea attackers. On Oct. 1, blockchain researcher ZachXBT identified unusual outflows from the firm involving Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. 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