Dozens of ATMs belonging to General Bytes, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) ATM manufacturers, were the target of attackers.
The devices of the General Bytes company, which has Bitcoin ATMs in different parts of the world and is in the leading position in this regard, have been the target of cyber hackers. Due to a vulnerability in the company’s servers The interfaces of the ATMs were hacked and the funds were withdrawn to the accounts of the attackers as soon as the users made a deposit.
In a statement released by the company on Thursday, it was stated that the servers and control panel of the said ATMs were hacked by remote intervention, and the funds of many users were seized due to this vulnerability. The vulnerability in question Crypto Application Server The company stated that it lived on (CAS) systems, In security tests since 2020 underlined that they could not notice a sign of this deficit.
In its initial statement, the company did not disclose how many users were affected by the attack and how much cryptocurrency was stolen.
In the announcement on the official website, it is stated that the users will Steps to be taken to perform secure transactions It was published.
General Bytes officials said that the cyberattacks on ATMs “Help Ukraine” feature started happening on the third day after it went public.