FBI accuses North Korea of largest crypto hack in history

Bogdan Hofbauer

State-linked hackers stole $1.5 billion from Bybit, the agency believes, though Pyongyang previously denied similar theft allegations North Korea is responsible for the theft of around $1.5 billion in virtual assets from the Dubai-based Bybit cryptocurrency exchange, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation claimed on Wednesday. The heist, which was reported last week, is believed to be the largest crypto hack in history. While the FBI did not attribute the hack to a specific North Korean group,