😱🎭Bybit statement from the FBI: North Korea prediction confirmed! ❓🇰🇵
It has been revealed that a North Korean weapon was behind the hack attack on the cryptocurrency exchange #bybit . Moreover, this is not the only characteristic cyber attack.
The #FBI holds hacker groups supported by the North Korean government responsible for the massive attacks targeting the Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.
In recent days, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Bybit, was subjected to cyberattacks and the exchange suffered a loss of approximately $1.5 billion. The FBI stated that the attack was one of the major cryptocurrency attacks that were reflected in the public and that North Korean-backed groups such as "TraderTraitor" and "Lazarus Group" were behind it.
Bybit's co-founder and CEO Ben Zhou confirmed the FBI's announcement in a statement he made via his X account, and reported that a program was launched in 140 million countries to freeze stolen units and exchanges. The company announced that the attackers manipulated cold budget transfers and thus directed large amounts of Ethereum to unidentified addresses.
Following the attack, cryptocurrencies began to move downwards, with Bitcoin trading at $82,000 on Thursday, far from $100,000 a month ago. Experts say the market may revive for a while with the election of US President Donald Trump; However, they say the anxiety created by this violent attack continues.
"This creates a very challenging picture for Bybit, and regulators are likely to launch more detailed investigations," Manuel Villegas, an analyst at asset management firm Julius Baer, said in a statement.
According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has made an estimated $1.2 billion worth of unjust profits from cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets in the past five years.
