3 days ago · Will the Hacker Sell? The hacker now holds over 500,000 ETH—more than Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, who has 240,000 ETH. The stolen ETH has been distributed across 53 wallets, which are ...

15 hours ago · In one of the largest cryptocurrency heists in history, hackers infiltrated Dubai-based exchange Bybit, stealing $1.5 billion in Ethereum. The breach triggered mass withdrawals, regulatory scrutiny, and concerns over crypto security. Bybit’s CEO reassured users of solvency, while experts suspect North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Ethereum’s price briefly dropped by 4 per cent, while Bybit ...

15 hours ago · Hackers, believed to be from North Korea, stole ether and staked ETH from Bybit's cold wallet. ... in which hackers stole about $1.5B in digital assets from the crypto exchange's ethereum cold ...

3 days ago · A major cryptocurrency exchange says it was the victim of a sophisticated hack that stole about $1.5 billion worth of digital currency, marking one of the biggest online thefts of all time. Menu. Menu. ... A price chart on the Bybit website for the cryptocurrency Ethereum is seen on a computer screen in New York on Friday evening, Feb. 21, 2025

Bybit said it successfully navigated the biggest cryptocurrency heist ever recorded, in which hackers stole about $1.5B in digital assets from the crypto exchange's ethereum cold wallet. Hackers ...

3 days ago · The hack far surpasses previous thefts in the sector, according to Elliptic. That includes the $611 million stolen from Poly Network in 2021 and the $570 million drained from Binance in 2022.

3 days ago · Dubai’s Bybit’s massive ETH hack ranks as the largest amount of crypto stolen from an exchange ever, but its CEO says customers shouldn’t worry. ... All forms of Ethereum were converted to ...

2 days ago · Bybit, a major cryptocurrency exchange based in Dubai recently announced it had been hacked, losing $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency Ethereum in the largest cryptocurrency theft of all time.

3 days ago · Coin prices are falling Friday following confirmation that major centralized crypto exchange Bybit was hacked after $1.4 billion worth of tokens were stolen in a hack. More than $1.4 billion worth of Ethereum (ETH) and stETH were withdrawn from Bybit's hot wallet on Friday, and a large chunk of the funds were being sold via decentralized exchanges.

4 days ago · The hackers compromised an offline “cold wallet” that stored Ethereum, stealing the 400,000 in ETH on Friday morning, Bybit CEO Ben Zhou told users in a live stream.