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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

Bybit Hack: How The $1.4B Exploit Happened, Funds Recovered, And Who's Responsible

Hackers carried out the largest heist in crypto history Friday when they broke into a multisig wallet owned by crypto exchange Bybit. (Credit: Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

KEY POINTS

  • Bybit's CEO said the hackers breached multisig cold wallet and moved all the $ETH
  • Ethereum was the hardest-hit crypto asset in the exploit as per Nansen data
  • Bybit has launched a recovery campaign in hopes of getting back the stolen funds
  • Tether has frozen 181,000 $USDT linked to the Bybit exploit
  • ZachXBT provided evidence to the Arkham bounty to prove that Lazarus Group carried out the hack

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit suffered a massive $1.4 billion exploit Friday, marking the largest single heist in the history of crypto and blockchain.

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