“Hackers in North Korea” performs “the biggest theft of all time” in $ 1.5 billion crypto Heist

Hackers believed to be from North Korea have stole around $ 1.5 billion in cryptocurrencies in what has been called the largest crypto -critical crypto.

Ben Zhou, the CEO of the bybit based in Dubai, said that the crypt was taken from a “cold wallet” -a digital wallet usually stored offline and so safer -which was used for chips etheric.

The company, which says it has more than 60 million users worldwide, said that no other wallets have been affected and that withdrawals seem to take place normally.

The Lazarus group, a hacking group from North Korea that has been led by the country since 2010, is believed to be behind the attack.

Western enterprises have been terrorized by the group for more than a decade now.

With this most recent attack, hackers have already stolen more than they did in 2024, when they took around $ 1.4 billion in digital coins.

The Elliptic Blockchain research company said that the hack was more than the double of the largest crypto-critico and “it is almost certain the biggest theft of any kind of all time.”

Pyongyang uses more and more cyber attacks to save the economic war, rather than to lead espionage.

Rafe Pilling, from the Secureworks cyber security company, told Daily Telegraph: “North Korea has begun to use cyber attacks, stealing research and development and intellectual property.

“Later, they really used it as a source of income.”

The crying industry suffered a number of thefts, causing questions about customer funds, with hacking traction totaling over $ 2 billion in 2024 – the fourth consecutive year in which revenues exceeded over $ 1 billion.

In August 2021, hackers stole around $ 610 million from Poly Network, a platform that facilitates equal to curtains. The hackers behind Heist returned almost all the stolen funds.

The hack emphasized the vulnerabilities in decentralized financing – Defi – the sector, where users borrow, borrow and save in digital chips, bypassing traditional porters of finance, such as banks and exchanges.

It is not known how the hack happened. Reci wallets are considered safer than “hot” online wallets, and Bybit’s Ethereum Cold Waller has forced more people to register for transfers, according to the Financial Times.

While the company investigates the hack with the help of its security team and criminal experts, the masses of people draw their assets on the platform.

Zhou said in a post on X: “Since hack, Bybit has known the most number of withdrawals that I have ever seen, I have had a total number of more than 350K withdrawal applications, until Now, around processed.

“In general, 99. 994% withdrawals have been completed. If your withdrawals are completed please leave a comment here.

“Although we were hit by the worst hack, possibly in the history of any median (banks, Crypto, Finance), all bybit functions and the product remain functional, the whole team was awake all night to process and answer customer questions and concerns . All hands on the deck. Be sure, we’re here with you.

Bybit said that his security team, together with the medical experts, investigated the incident, adding: “I reported the case of the appropriate authorities.”

The company said: “All customer funds are safe, and our operations continue as usual without any disturbance.”