FBI confirms Lazarus hackers were behind $1.5B Bybit crypto heist
FBI has confirmed that North Korean hackers stole $1.5 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday in the largest crypto heist recorded until now.
The FBI also encouraged RPC node operators, exchanges, bridges, DeFi services, blockchain analytics firms, and other cryptocurrency service providers to block transactions originating from addresses used by North Korean hackers to launder the stolen assets.
On Friday, the state-sponsored hacking group (tracked as TraderTraitor, Lazarus Group, and APT38) intercepted a scheduled transfer of funds from one of Bybit’s cold wallets into a hot wallet, subsequently redirecting the cryptocurrency to a blockchain address under their control.
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