‘Worst hack in history’ as $1.5bn in cryptocurrency stolen
Hackers have stolen $1.5 billion (£1.19 billion) in digital currency, potentially marking the largest cryptocurrency heist in history.
The Dubai-based Bybit exchange reported that an attacker gained access to an Ethereum wallet and transferred its contents to an unknown address.
The firm, which has more than 60 million users worldwide, said no other wallets were affected and withdrawals were proceeding normally.
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35 Comments
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"hacked"… remember, not your keys, not your crypto… Love how this article and hack has come mere hours after ECB said they would be using the blockchain as the backbone to the new financial system. The banks are running scared, the last comment says it all "your money is not as safe as it is in a bank"… yea, that was also true in 2008!
Good that uk just banned E2E apple encryption. People are much safer now!
Who will u blame now??? China Russia Iran?????? 😂😂😂. Or the amish this time??????
Donald trump announced a ban on cbdc then this ?
We live in an insane world where worthless things make people super rich and things that are worth alot are deemed disposable and worthless. How the hell did i get here?
Why it fees like an inside job?
Investigate Elon and Trump
Cash will always be king.
Inside job !!
The money is gone someone is make a rich😂😂
everyone knows crypto actual intrinsic value is zero; so therefore nothing was stolen
They should have focused on improving their Cyber security instead of making dance videos on Facebook
Insider theres no way
North Korea and Russia are pleased
And they say distributed ledger technology means the location of every bitcoin is known, it's on the ledger. Then how can it be stolen and not retrieved. If your hard earned is not safe from criminals it's not safe from government either.
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And the 90% of people too poor to invest just dont seem to care.
Not as bad as the amount the banks have stolen from tbe American public (37 trillion) 😂😂😂❤
It was no theft it was taken
Crypto is the biggest scam in human history, it'll end up worthless like NFT's
If someone steals your gold is it possible to delete their holdings?
This is why Bitcoin is digital gold and Ethereum is digital nothing
Same for banks no guarantee , all same … Only in your own pocket is guarantee .
Not your keys, Not your coins
Dan Andrews wasted one billion in a second by not building east west link and he's not going to jail
I have cracked the case….. ""they thought"
😂😂 serves investers right gamblers
😂there was no customer's funds stolen it was 3rd party fault