The exchange of cryptocurrencies on Friday showed that the “complex” attack led to the theft of over $ 1.46 billion with one of its Ethereum Hold’s wallets (offline, which made it the largest in the history of the crystal.
“The incident happened when our Eth Multisig Cold Wallet execution Transfer to our warm wallet. Unfortunately, this deal was manipulated by a complex attack that masked the signing interface, showing the correct address, changing the basic logic of a reasonable contract, “bybit” – Note In a message on X.
“As a result, the attacker was able to get control of the victim’s cold wallet and transfer his possessions to an unidentified address.”
In a separate statement posted on the social media platform, BYBIT CEO Ben Zhou stressed that all other cold wallets are safe. Company further – Note He reported on the case.
Until there is no official confirmation from bybit, Elliptical and Arkham Intelligence He confirmed that digital theft is the work of the infamous Lazarus group. The incident makes it the largest in the history of cryptocurrency, reported to date, dward that Ronin’s network (624 million dollars), Poly -network (611 million dollars), and Bridge BNB ($ 586 million).
Independent researcher Zachxbt said “they connected the BYBIT hacking on the chain with Phemex hack“The last of which took place at the end of last month.
Actor threatening based in North Korea -tay from the most prolific hacking cryptocurrencies to obtain illegal income for the nation affected by sanctions. Last year Google described North Korea as “perhaps the leading world -wide cyber enterprise.”
In 2024 this According to estimates To steal $ 1.34 billion in cryptocurrencies in $ 47, which is 61% of the entire unbearable crypt over this period, reports the Blockchain Intelligence Cinalesis.
“Cliptocurrencies grow because of the profitable nature of their awards, problems related to malicious subjects, and opportunities presented for acquaintance with cryptocurrency and Web3 technology among many organizations,” Mandiant owned by Google, owned – Note Last month.
