They robbed 1,500 million dollars of cryptocurrencies

A cryptocurrency bag affirms that he was a victim of sophisticated hacking With which they stole around 1,500 million dollars in digital currency, one of the largest online robberies of all time.

Bybit said Friday that a routine transfer of the Ethereum cryptocurrency between digital wallets was manipulated by an attacker who transferred the cryptocurrency to an unidentified direction.

The company sought to reassure customers ensuring that their cryptocurrency holdings in the stock market were safe. The company added that the news of the hacking He had led to an increase in retirement requests and that there could be delays in his processing.

Ben Zhou, general director of Bybit, said on social networks that his company would continue to be solvent even if the cryptocurrency hacked He did not recover.

We can cover the losshe said.

Stealing cryptocurrencies is one of the favorite tactics of hackers. Los hackers North Korean state have been linked to several major cryptocurrency robberies in recent years.

In December, the FBI, the United States Department of Defense and the National Police Agency of Japan issued a joint statement in which they blamed hackers North Koreans of the theft of 308 million dollars from a Japanese cryptocurrency firm.