The hackers, the pro-Israel activist group Gonjeshke Darande, demonstrated their indifference to monetary gain by transferring the stolen funds to a series of inaccessible "vanity" wallets ladened with the words like "terrorist," essentially burning those tokens forever.

A hacking group, Predatory Sparrow, linked to Israeli intelligence, claimed responsibility for stealing $90 million from Iran's largest crypto exchange, Nobitex. Instead of cashing out, the group destroyed the funds to send a political message,

Hackers stole the equivalent of roughly $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange on Wednesday, according to multiple independent crypto-tracking firms.