CoinsAQ summary · neutral
FBI Links $1.5 Billion Bybit Hack to North Korea’s Lazarus Group
What happened
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the recent $1.5 billion cyberattack on cryptocurrency exchange Bybit to North Korea’s state-sponsored Lazarus Group. The attack, which occurred on February 21, saw hackers infiltrate one of Bybit’s cold wallets.
Related asset context
Not financial advice. News and sentiment can be incomplete, delayed, or change quickly.
Continue researching
Related stories
Binance reveals fake job interview and compromised AI tool behind $6.34B hack
Binance says an attacker used a compromised computer and internal AI tool to control wallets in a breach of $6.3 billion to $6.36 billion.
Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, exchange says
Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, exchange says North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism. By.
Aztec Launches Tierra Upgrade With Faster Ethereum Messaging
Aztec's Tierra Alpha V6 release speeds Ethereum messaging, requires app migration and shifts more checkpoint rewards to sequencers.