On Friday, hackers stole about $ 1.4 billion in Ethereum encryption by Crypto Exchange bybit, to what is the largest encryption of all time.
Following Hack, several blockchain monitoring companies, as well as the well -known Zachxbt encryption researcher, have all pointed out the North Korean hacking team known as Lazarus as guilty.
Zachxbt was the first To show the finger of responsibility, just a few hours after he observed the first signs of the hack. The researcher said he was able to identify the stolen encryption by Bybit in wallets used in previous hacks against Phemex; Bingx; Pulpwhich have all been linked to North Korea.
When TechCrunch asked how sure he was in North Korea behind the Bybit Hack Zachxbt he said: “100%”, and pointed out these previous hacks. “Law enforcement also treats it in this way,” Zachxbt said.
The Blockchain Elliptic monitoring company also reached the same conclusion. “Starting minutes after the theft from Bybit, the elliptical team works around the clock with our BYBIT, our customers and our colleagues to locate these funds and prevent North Korea’s regime from taking advantage of them,” he writes, “he writes.” Elliptic In a blog post.
Elliptic said that she believes that the Northern Korean hackers were responsible, “based on various factors, including the analysis of the legalization of stolen cryptic sciences”. The company added that the Lazarus group follows a “characteristic pattern” to rinse the stealing encryption.
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North Korea is a productive encryption cryptographer. Regime hackers have been linked to at least 58 cryptographic robbers, According to a UN group. The governments of the United States, Japan and South Korea say the Kim Jong-Un government stole more than $ 650 million in multiple cryptographic hacks and robbers during 2024.
Tom Robinson, co -founder and lead scientist at Elliptic, told TechCrunch that the company is based on the fact that “Bybit stolen funds are imported with multiple thefts that have been spread by DPRK”, referring to the regime of North North Station Korea.
“Also, the legitimacy methods used are very similar to those previously observed with DPRK,” Robinson said. “In addition, some other factors I can’t share.”
Blockchain Trm Labs also reached the conclusion “with high confidence” that North Korea was behind bybit hack, the company said In a blog post Friday.
Bybit Tony Au spokesman refused to comment on the connection of North Korea, saying that “our team is still investigating at the moment”.
North Korea’s permanent mission to the United Nations did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comments.
