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Evening Standard
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Shaun Wilson

North Korean cybercriminals linked to massive $1.19bn crypto heist

A $1.19 billion crypto theft has allegedly have been carried out by cyber criminals from North Korea, feared to be "the worst hack in history".

Dubai-based Bybit exchange confirmed the major heist, which saw the group of hackers seize control of an Ethereum wallet and remove all of its £1 billion contents

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