Approximately 64,000 Bitcoin mining machines were compromised around 8 p.m. Central Time on Nov. 14, diverting roughly 13 exahashes per second of the Bitcoin network's computational power.
The attackers redirected the hijacked hashrate to the OCEAN mining pool and replaced legitimate payout addresses with their own, aiming to capture block rewards. The influx briefly pushed OCEAN's total hashrate close to 50 EH/s.
The incident concluded on Nov. 15, according to CoreX Hosting. The affected hashrate then dropped to around 100 petahashes per second.
Despite successfully hijacking the mining power, the attackers failed to mine any blocks and received zero block rewards. The compromised miners lost potential revenue during the entire 24-hour window.
A compromise of Luxor Commander software has been cited as a possible attack vector, though no official sources have independently confirmed the vulnerability.
