Njengoba i-FTX kanye nomsunguli wayo ohlazekile, idrama yasenkantolo ka-Sam Bankman-Fried iqhubekile nokuvela e-Manhatten, iveza imininingwane emangalisayo eyaholela ekuvezweni kwe-crypto giant, kwenye indawo, umkhondo wezimali ezebiwe kusukela ekuhwebeni kutholakale ukuthi unokuxhumana kweRussia.

I-FTX yafaka isicelo sokuqothuka ngoNovemba 11, 2022. Kamuva ngalolo suku, ukushintshana kwagqekezwa ngezigidi ezingu-$477.

Umlingisi Oxhumene WaseRussia Osemuva kwe-FTX Heist?

Iningi lezimali, ngokuyinhloko ku-ether (ETH), lihlale lingasebenzi isikhathi esiyizinsuku ezinhlanu. Kamuva, isamba esikhulu se-65,000 ETH (elingana namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-100) sayiswa ku-Bitcoin blockchain kusetshenziswa isevisi ye-RenBridge.

Abenzi bobubi babe sebesebenzisa i-mixer. Kuma-Bitcoins angu-4,536 aguqulelwe ku-Ether nge-RenBridge, cishe u-2,849 BTC wathunyelwa ngezixube, ikakhulukazi isevisi ebizwa nge-ChipMixer. Okungenani i-$ 4 million ithole indlela yayo yokuhwebelana nge-crypto, lapho ingase iguqulwe ibe yimali.

Kukhona ukuqagela ukuthi abenzi bobubi bebengaphuma nesamba esikhulu ukube bekungengenxa yesinyathelo esisheshayo esithathwe abasebenzi be-FTX nabeluleki bokuqothuka. Bavikele ngempumelelo impahla engaphezu kuka-$300 wezigidi ngaphambi kokuba isela libe nethuba lokufinyelela kuzo.

Blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic kusho that a Russia-linked actor seems a stronger possibility behind the theft. Notably, a substantial portion of the pilfered assets, traceable through ChipMixer, appears to be mingled with funds from Russian-affiliated criminal organizations, such as ransomware collectives and darknet markets, before eventually being transferred to cryptocurrency exchanges.

Lokhu kuphakamisa ukubandakanyeka okungaba khona komxhumanisi, okungenzeka ukuthi umthengisi, onezibopho neRussia.

Kuyafaneleka futhi ukugqamisa ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yezimali ezebiwe yahlala izinyanga ezimbalwa ingasebenzi, yaqala ukusebenza ngaphambi nje kokuqala kwecala lika-Bankman-Fried. Lokhu kuphambene nenkambiso evamile lapho abashicileli bemali be-crypto baziwa ngokulinda iminyaka ukuze badlulise futhi baqede impahla yabo uma isithakazelo somphakathi sesinciphile.

Kungenzeka Abasolwa

Ocwaningweni lwayo lwakamuva, i-Elliptic iphinde yaphakamisa izinsolo mayelana nabasebenzi be-FTX ababezokwazi ukufinyelela izimpahla ze-crypto zebhizinisi ukuze bazihambise ngenxa yezizathu zokusebenza. Uma kubhekwa izimo ezibucayi ezizungeze ukuqothuka kanye nokwehla kwe-FTX, bekungenzeka ukuthi umuntu wangaphakathi antshontshe lezi zimpahla.

U-Bankman-Fried ungomunye umuntu osolisayo, kodwa u-Elliptic uvumile ukuthi ukufinyelela kwakhe i-inthanethi okulinganiselwe kuzothikameza noma yimiphi imizamo yokukhwabanisa.

Elliptic also indicated that FTX’s lax security practices may have facilitated the theft by an external party. The new CEO of FTX revealed that private keys granting access to the company’s crypto assets were stored without encryption, and a former employee evezwe that over $150 million was taken from Alameda Research due to inadequate security measures.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusetshenziswa komxube we-Sinbad kungase kuphakamise ukubandakanyeka kwe-North Korea's Lazarus Group, eyaziwa ngokuphanga okukhulu kwempahla yedijithali. Kodwa-ke, izindlela ezisetshenziselwa ukuntshontsha impahla entshontshiwe zibonakala zihlukile futhi ziyinkimbinkimbi uma kuqhathaniswa namaqhinga ajwayelekile eLazarus Group.