North Korea, Cryptocurrency and Bybit

How North Korea cracked Bybit’s crypto safe to steal $1.5 billion in a record heist
North Korean hackers lay in wait for “probably many months." Here is a step by step guide to how they pulled off the robbery.
Bybit $1.5 billion stolen: Here’s how the biggest crypto heist took place
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit lost around $1.5 billion to hackers in February this year. Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) held North Korea responsible for the biggest crypto heist in history and referred to the malicious cyber activity as 'TraderTraitor'.
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.
North Korea responsible for massive $1.5 billion crypto hack; the largest crypto heist of all time
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a new public service announcement about a massive crypto theft from the North Korean state-sponsored cyber group “the Lazarus Group.” The FBI says that the theft of approximately $1.
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.
North Korea’s Lazarus Group launders $1.39B in stolen Bybit ETH in just 10 days
North Korea’s Lazarus Group laundered $1.39 billion in stolen Bybit ETH in 10 days. How did they use THORChain and DeFi to hide the funds?
How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history
The cryptocurrency industry and those responsible for securing it are still in shock following Friday’s heist, likely by North Korea, that drained $1.5 billion from Dubai-based exchange Bybit, making the theft by far the biggest ever in digital asset history.
North Korea Stole $1.4 Billion in Largest Crypto Heist Ever, Researchers Say
North Korea has gotten away with its biggest crypto heist yet, this time stealing approximately $1.4 billion worth of Ethereum, about 400,000 coins, from the cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The company’s CEO Ben Zhou on Monday said the company was able to raise new funding to fill the gap and that ByBit can cover all withdrawals,
Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4 billion
Experts note that this is just the first step for the alleged North Korean hackers to profit from the historic heist. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist
The company added that Lazarus Group follows a “characteristic pattern” to launder the crypto it steals. North Korea is ...