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The hackers stole about $ 1.5 billion in Krypto tokens from Beybit, in robbery digital asset exchange described as the largest theft that hit the industry.
The Ethereum coins were taken from offline or “cold” Belit wallet, said the exchanger of exchange Ben Zhou in the post on X.
“As far as we know, this could be the biggest hack in the history of our industry,” Zhou added later in live update.
Zhou said that there was a rush to withdraw from the exchange, but the flow slowed down. He said that the site gets a loan for the bridge from its partners and that it would make users whole for all coins that could not be recovered.
Hack indicates a blow to crypto The industry, which has been on expectations again in the last few months, will be approached by Trump’s administration with a more friendly approach to a digital property.
Large -scale thefts are a long -term question for the crypto industry since its earliest years and have highlighted security problems
In 2011, MT Gox, then a place for most Bitcoin transactions, lost about 25,000 coins worth $ 470 million at that time.
About $ 570 million was taken from Binance exchange in October 2022, which was later found in a smart contract, a computer program that automatically executes actions when certain conditions are fulfilled.
Zhou confirmed on Friday that about 400,000 coins had been taken, which he said was worth about $ 1.5 billion.
Ethereum is the third most pronounced crypto coin, behind Bitcoin and Tether, a so-called stablecoin whose value is associated with the US dollar.
Cold wallets are considered safer than the internet “hot” wallets, and there are more signatories to be required before the coins can be transferred, the company states. Zhou said he did not know how the wallet was hacked, but to be explored.
The Arkham Intelligence research group said in a post on X that she had followed $ 1.36 billion by Ethereum leaving to be for several other accounts on which it was quickly sold.
