FBI accuses North Korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from Dubai-based firm
The theft earlier this month targeting Bybit, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, represents yet another involving a team of hackers identified by the US government by the names TraderTraitor and the Lazarus Group.
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.
North Korea behind US$1.5 billion crypto theft, FBI says
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday (Feb 26) accused North Korea of being behind the theft of US$1.5 billion worth of digital assets last week, the largest crypto heist in history.
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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 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.
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.
North Korean hackers pull off the biggest heist of all-time, stealing $1.5 billion in crypto
State-sponsored North Korean hackers stole $1.5 billion in crypto from a Dubai exchange. The heist is the biggest in history and comes as the Korean economy continues to vastly underperform. The value of that haul,
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