Approximately 64,000 Bitcoin mining machines were hijacked, with 13 EH/s of hashrate redirected to the OCEAN mining pool

Odaily report: According to Bitcoin News monitoring, approximately 64,000 Bitcoin mining machines were reportedly hijacked, involving 13 EH/s of hashrate. The mining machines' hashrate was redirected to the OCEAN mining pool, and the proceeds were designated to be paid to Bitcoin addresses controlled by the attackers. The attack reportedly began around 8 PM Central Time on November 14. The OCEAN dashboard showed that its hashrate briefly approached 50 EH/s, then fell back to approximately 40 EH/s. CoreX Hosting was the first to raise the alarm, stating that mining machines had been switched to other mining pools without authorization. One affected operator said that its entire mining farm was hijacked and noted that Luxor's Commander mining machine management software was the source of this security incident; other operators reported that similar unauthorized mining pool changes had occurred several days earlier. CoreX subsequently stated that the attack appeared to have ended, with the hijacked hashrate dropping from 13 EH/s to approximately 100 PH/s. The attackers reportedly failed to mine any Bitcoin blocks during the hijacking period and therefore did not receive block rewards; the affected miners permanently lost the opportunity to earn Bitcoin during the attack. The full scope of impact of this security incident, as well as whether Luxor Commander was compromised, has not yet been independently confirmed.