Bybit resumed the reservations after a record trick of $ 1.5 billion

Bybit said he replied his reservations after $ 1.5 billion cut Last week, the greatest in the history of the cryptographic industry.

In less than 72 hours, Bybit rebuilt hundreds of thousands of ether sheets through a mixture of emergency loans and large deposits. While the rapid recovery restored the balance of the exchange and maintained the withdrawals of open customers, it did not count the stolen cryptography.

The violation occurred during an internal routine transfer, when Bybit was moving funds from his “cold wallet” offline, designed for long -term safe storage, to a “warm wallet”, which allows active trade. During that transfer, the computer pirates exploited the security gaps, intercepting the transaction and redirecting the funds to an unknown direction.

Bybit’s CEO, Ben Zhou, wrote in a Publish in x On Sunday, the exchange remained solvent, and added that the client’s assets were still completely supported, and that the withdrawals remained open.

The company He assured almost 447,000 ether tokens Through emergency funds from companies such as Galaxy Digital, Falconx and Wintermute. TO Reservations Audit Test Made by the cybersecurity firm Hacken confirmed that Bybit had successfully restored his reservations, verifying that all the main assets, including Bitcoin, etherSolana, Tether and USDC: exceeded a 100%collateralization ratio.

Recovering stolen assets is still a challenge.

The Blockchain Elliptic analysis firm has identified the Lázaro Group of North Korea as the Attack perpetrators. The stolen funds were initially dispersed in 50 different wallets, each with approximately 10,000 ether tokens, according to Elliptic, as part of an effort to wash the coins.

As of February 24, more than $ 195 million, approximately 14.5% of stolen assets, have already been transferred.

Bybit has offered a 10% reward for the return of stolen funds, but history suggests that the probabilities of recovery are scarce.

Lázaro’s group It has a history To wash crypto to evade international sanctions, according to reports, using stolen assets to finance the North Korean nuclear program. In 2022, the group stole $ 600 million of Axie Infinity and, despite the intervention of application of the law, only $ 30 million were recovered.

Ether, the Token in the center of this attack, fell approximately 5% on the last day.

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