The Crypto Money Exchange Bible announced February 21 that ETH was stolen from one of the $ 1.46 billion Ethereum Cold Water.
“This incident occurred during the ETH Militisig Cold Purse during our hot wallet transfer. Unfortunately, this process was linked to a complex attack that masks the signature interface and reveal the correct address while revealing the correct address. Shows
“As a result, the attacker managed to control the affected Eth cold purse and move the contents to an unknown address.”
The Bible says all other cold wallets and customer funds are completely secure and this incident does not disrupt the stock market transactions.
What happened in the Bible attack?
Attack Dubai -based crypto currency platform offline “Cold” wallet “hot” purse This happened when he transferred the usual Ethereum. A computer was able to misuse security controls and move assets to an unknown address. Ethereum prices declined by about 4 % after news of the attack, but then it returned to an old level.
How much money was stolen in the attack?
The company estimates that Ethereum was stolen about $ 1.6 billion. According to the blockchain analytics firm Bezavi, it is said that this is the largest theft of the industry.
The biggest attack in the history of the crypto
In a single attack, a crypto currency worth $ 1.46 billion was stolen, and it was the largest crypto currency attack so far. It almost doubled the previous record. In March 2022, Sky Maoce announced that the attackers stole $ 620 million crypto currency (173,600 athleum and US $ 25.5 million) from the Ronin Network Bridge of Excellence. In April 2022, the FBI attached the event to the event with Lazaris and Blavinovov (also known as the APT38), which are two North Korean computer dacoits group.
One year ago, in August 2021, an inter -chain protocol was stolen from the $ 611 million from the Poly Network on the International China, Ethereum and Multi -Ringer Network, China, Ethereum and Multi -Ringer Networks.
The United States, South Korea and Japan have reported that baked computer pirates from the North Korean state stole $ 659 million currency last year.
However, a month ago, Blockchain Analysis, Cles, said that North Korean computer pirates stole $ 1.34 billion crypto currency in 47 cyber attacks during 2024 and broke their record of $ 1.1 billion in 2022.
Who is responsible for the Bible Hack attack?
The Bible or other officials have not yet made a statement, while security researchers associate the attack with the North Korean computer pirates with the North Korean computer. Security spy Zikbast also found that the group behind the robbery was a lord.
Arakham Intelligence writes that Zachbxt in X offers “definite evidence that the Landsar Group is a criminal.
Will consumers affected by the attack return their money?
Zhou said in a statement on social media that the company would return the money to those affected by the attack. The CEO of the Bible said that there are more than $ 20 billion under stock market management and they have enough resources to secure consumer investment.
He wrote, “The Bible, even if this loss of attack cannot be compensated, is supported by 1 to 1, all our users’ assets are supported, we can meet this loss.” The money will be covered with company or partners.
After the hacking case, a major increase in Bible returns requests. The stock market has announced that it has successfully completed more than 580,000 return after the attack on Saturday.
Research company Irfam Intelligence announced that the money stolen in partnership with X on Friday began to be transferred to new addresses.
The Bible announced on Saturday that it launched a “Rescue Awards Program” to help the background. The company announced that “ethical cyber and network safety experts Alan, up to 10 percent of the money recovered, which plays an active role in recovering stolen crypto currencies.
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