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How North Korea Executed the Largest Crypto Heist Ever
North Korea’s Lazarus Group pulled off the $1.5B Bybit hack, making it the biggest crypto heist ever. Here’s how they did it—and what’s next.
Crypto's biggest hacks and heists after $1.5 billion theft from Bybit
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said last week hackers had stolen digital tokens worth around $1.5 billion, in what researchers called the biggest crypto heist of all time.
Bybit Promises up to $140,000,000 Bounty To Hunt Down Perpetrators of ‘Largest Heist’ in Crypto History
In response to the theft, Bybit has set an extraordinary bounty of up to $140 million to incentivize whistleblowers, security experts, and law enforcement agencies worldwide to track down the hackers. The bounty represents the largest reward ever offered by a crypto exchange in an effort to recover stolen funds.
$1.5B Bybit Hack is Linked to North Korea, FBI Says, in Potentially the Largest Crypto Heist Ever
The FBI referred to the attack as “TraderTraitor,” a malicious campaign linked to North Korean state-sponsored hackers the Lazarus Group.
Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist
North Korea is behind the massive crypto hack, according to several blockchain monitoring firms and a well-known researcher
Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange Bybit in biggest-ever heist
Hackers stole about $1.5bn in crypto tokens from Bybit, in a heist the digital asset exchange described as the biggest theft to hit the industry. Ethereum coins were being taken from Bybit’s offline or “cold” wallet, the exchange’s chief executive Ben Zhou said in a post on X.
$1.4 Billion Crypto Heist Traced To Hackers Breaching Safe{Wallet}
The malicious Javascript code used in the attack could secretly modify transactions for Safe{Wallet}, a cryptocurrency wallet provider.
FBI accuses North Korea of $1.5 Billion Bybit crypto heist
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially accused North Korea’s cybercrime group, Lazarus, of orchestrating a massive $1.5 billion heist in Ethereum from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.
North Korean hackers linked to $1.5 billion ByBit crypto heist
Over the weekend, blockchain security companies and experts have linked North Korea's Lazarus hacking group to the theft of over $1.5 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.
North Korea’s $1.5 Billion Heist Puts the Crypto World on Notice
As news started spreading about a massive hack on crypto exchange Bybit last Friday, cybersecurity researchers quickly concluded that the era of giant digital-asset heists had entered a new and potentially ruinous phase.
North Korean hackers ‘took just two minutes’ to pull off record $1.5bn heist
North Korean hackers took just two minutes to make off with $1.5bn (£1.2bn) in cryptocurrency, cyber security researchers believe, in the single biggest heist in history.
The biggest crypto heist ever: $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit cryptocurrency exchange
Still, valued at $1.5 billion, the Bybit heist would make up more than half of the total amount of crypto stolen in 2024, ...
Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140M bounty to trace stolen funds
Bybit has already paid more than $4 million to bounty hunters who helped trace and freeze some of the stolen funds.
Former Red Bull F1 Sponsor Involved in $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist
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