The biggest cryptocurrency theft in history: from the Russian exchanges popular with $ 1.4 billion

According to him, the unknown attackers used vulnerability in the transaction signing mechanism, and as a result of a masked operation from a cold wallet, BYBIT was transferred to a warm wallet. BYBIT confirmed theft. It is noted that the safety team, together with leading experts with blockchain criminalistics and partners, is actively investigating the incident. Despite large -scale losses, the BYBIT management assures that all other wallets remain safe and the withdrawal is in normal mode.

"We want to assure our users and partners that all other cold wallets BYBIT remain fully protected. All customer funds are safe, and our operations continue in normal mode without any failure," the cryptocurrency said. In addition, the company notes that client assets are provided 1: 1, so even if the stolen funds are not able to return, Bybit will cover the losses on its own. According to ZachXBT blockchain, the BYBIT cryptocurrency exchange has encountered "suspicious outflows" worth $ 1.

46 billion. 10,000 ETH was divided between 36 wallets. The Belarusian Channel Live notes that Bybit is the most popular exchange in the Russians. At the same time, the authors of the Coincheck resource emphasize that $ 1. 46 billion is the largest breakdown of cryptocurrency in history. Before that, $ 650 million was considered to be the maximum of the stolen crypt. It should be noted that the BYBIT cryptocurrency has fallen by 0. 67%, up to $ 2 721. 28, ie up to about UAH 113 thousand.

We will remind, on the eve of its inauguration, January 18, Donald Trump announced the launch of cryptocurrency-memcoin $ Trump. And just a few hours after launching $ Trump raised $ 3 billion in trade, reaching market capitalization of 2 billion. Focus wrote that the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, Danilo Getmantsev, stated that in the early summer of the summer in Ukraine, a bill on the legalization of cryptocurrency could be adopted.