North Korea was behind the $1.5B Bybit crypto hack, FBI says
Assets were stolen from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit earlier this month, in what's believed to be the largest-ever digital heist.
FBI accuses North Korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from Dubai-based firm
The FBI has accused North Korean-linked hackers of conducting one of the largest known thefts of cryptocurrency — worth some $1.5 billion — from a Dubai-based firm.
FBI says North Korean actors behind $1.5b Bybit heist
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has stated that North Korean hackers were responsible for the $1.5 billion raid on the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.
North Korea behind $1.5 billion crypto theft, FBI confirms
North Korean hackers were behind the theft of $1.5 billion of virtual assets last week from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said, marking the biggest heist in history.
FBI Confirms North Korea’s Lazarus Group Behind $1.5B Bybit Hack, Asks Crypto Community For Help
The FBI confirmed that North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind the $1.5 billion Bybit hack. And now It’s turning to crypto for help.
North Korea’s Lazarus Hackers Rack Up Another Massive Crypto Theft With $1.5 Billion Bybit Heist
The total take for the Lazarus hackers was over 400,000 ETH and stETH valued at about $1.5 billion in total. The public report of the crypto theft triggered a wave of about 580,000 withdrawal requests.
FBI Blames North Korea for Massive $1.4 Billion Cryptocurrency Heist
The FBI has officially linked the $1.4 billion cryptocurrency heist at Bybit to North Korean state-sponsored hackers after security researchers reached the same conclusion. The agency alleges that the infamous North Korean hacking group Lazarus is behind the hack.
North Korea’s $1.5 billion crypto hack exposes bitcoin’s weakness
Cryptocurrency buyers should be prepared for more and bigger threats after North Korea’s recent robbery of close to $1.5 billion of cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit. That’s just one of the implications of a study appearing in the February 2025 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
FBI says North Korea was responsible for $1.5 billion ByBit hack
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit.
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