$ 1.5 billion.
It is the amount of money that has just been stolen by hackers in one of the greatest exchanges of cryptography in the world.
Friday, Ben Zhou, co -founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange bybit, common That the pirates had taken control of the ETH (Ethereum) portfolio in Bybit and transferred all its participations to an unknown cryptographic portfolio address.
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According to Bybit’s Holdings, this represents $ 1.5 billion in cryptocurrency stolen in Bybit and its customers, making it the largest flight of cryptocurrency. However, like Molly White of Web3isginggreat emphasizes that the pirate cannot achieve exactly 1.5 billion dollars of Ethereum, because such a high amount would crush the value of the ETH.
However, evaluated at $ 1.5 billion, the robbery of the discount more than half The total quantity of crypto stolen in 2024, according to a Chainalysis report last year. The channel chain report revealed that $ 2.2 billion was stolen on cryptographic platforms in 2024.
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While Zhou seems to hope that the crypto lost in the robbery will be recovered, it promised Bybit would cover the losses and make customers know that they would receive a reimbursement of any lost aircraft.
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“Bybit is a solvent even if this loss of hacking is not recovered, all customers’ assets are supported from 1 to 1, we can cover the loss,” posted Zhou on X.
Anyway, the news of the hack shaken customers who started to remove their assets in crypto from the platform. According to GovinfoscurityA peak of $ 5.3 billion was removed from the platform on Saturday evening.
Bybit says that it contains $ 20 billion in cryptographic assets.
In a job On Sunday, the CEO of Bebit, Zhou, said that the company had already committed the gap created by the robbery of “loans, whales and purchases of ETH”.
It remains to be seen if the $ 1.5 billion stolen in crypto will be recovered. Bib spear A premium program that will reward 10% or up to $ 140 million for the return of stolen funds.
“Bybit, the second largest exchange of cryptocurrency in the world in terms of commercial volume, calls for the most brilliant minds of cybersecurity and the analysis of cryptography to join the world hunt for authors of the greatest robbery of the History cryptography, “said society in a statement.
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