The hackers stole more cryptocurrency in one attack than all the funds stolen by North Korean cyber criminals in 2024, when the rogue state’s cyber attackers made off with around $1.3bn in digital coins, according to cryptocurrency analysts Chainalysis.
Last I read, the admin who was a day late in paying Sav for the renewal was actually able to transfer the domain to a different registrar (PorkBun) before Sav’s auction of the domain was complete. This maneuver was either something that Sav’s auction designers hadn’t anticipated, or the auction was compromised because the main bidder (j_s_) was a hexbear user who’d found a way to make unauthenticated bids.
At any rate, I don’t think they paid thousands for it.