On February 26, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed that the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange bybit There are North Korean hackers.
According to US security officials, the trading platform fell victim to a cyberattack carried out by criminals with the support of the DPRK government. The FBI calls the North Koreans’ activities related to hacking blockchain platforms and cryptocurrency companies the TraderTraitor project, whose participants include, for example, members of the Lazarus Group.
Law enforcement officials have compiled a list of several dozen cryptocurrency wallet addresses online Ethereum, which were used by the hackers bybit. Law enforcement officials called on node operators, exchange owners, creators DeFi and other market participants to freeze stolen coins when the attackers try to launder them.
Meanwhile, workers bybit have paid out their first rewards for tracking and freezing stolen ETH. Five bounty hunters have received $4,2 million for their help in this endeavor. There is still $135,8 million left in the reward pool, and it will be distributed among people who help return the stolen cryptocurrency worth $1,4 billion.
Information about the fund for rewards for assistance in returning stolen goods bybit ethereums
Specialists bybit have opened broker, dedicated to the fight against North Korean criminals, the exchange’s CEO Ben Zhou addressed members of the crypto community:
Join us in the war against Lazarus. The first bounty portal lists all the information we have collected about Lazarus’ money laundering activities.