Hackers who hacked the large cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in Japan a week ago and, as a result, illegally withdrew $530 million in NEM cryptocurrencies, are already trying to sell the stolen assets.
This was reported via Reuters by Jeff MacDonald, vice president of the NEM Foundation.
As MacDonald noted, the tokens withdrawn from Coincheck were traced to an unknown account. Now the attackers are trying to sell the loot on as many as six exchanges at once.
No one knows where the account is located. MacDonald did not specify how much of the stolen assets have already been spent.
The vice president of the NEM Foundation said that exchanges where attackers are trying to sell the stolen goods are already being contacted.
According to Reuters, after the hacker attack on Coincheck, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced its intentions to check all exchanges in the cryptocurrency market. The FSA also ordered Coincheck to eliminate malfunctions and problems in the operation of services that caused the hack. In addition, representatives of the exchange must prepare a report on the work done by February 13.
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