Crypto Exchange bybit reports, estimated at $ 1.5 billion

Exchange of cryptocurrency Pipe On Friday (February 21), electronic attacks stole some of his property.

In its X’s posts about the accident, the company did not specify the amount that was taken.

Bloomberg I mentioned Friday that analysts appreciate the loss of approximately $ 1.5 billion of symbols.

Rob BrinkCo -founder and CEO of Blockchain Security Company HalornBloomberg told the penetration that was more likely “the biggest accident ever, not just an encryption.”

Beet in said in a mail On X that the attacker was able to transfer some of the company’s property to an unidentified address after controlling one of the governorates by bybit’s ethereum (ETH) when she was carrying out a transportation process to one of its warm portfolios.

Bybit has discovered an unauthorized activity that includes one of our cold governor in ETH. The accident occurred when the Eth Multisig Cold carried out to our warm wallet. Unfortunately, this deal was manipulated by an advanced attack that hidden the signature …

– Bybit (bebit_official) February 21, 2025

The company’s security team works with Blockchain forensic experts to investigate the accident and track assets, according to The Post.

“We want to assure our users and partners that all other cold governor in Bybit are still completely safe,” said the post. “All customer boxes are safe, and our operations continue as usual without any disturbance.”

Later, Beetb Recycled Posted by co -founder and CEO Ben Chu However, “bybit is a solvent even if this hack loss is not recovered, all customer assets are supported from 1 to 1, we can cover the loss.”

Bybit is a solvent even if this penetration loss is not recovered, all customer assets are supported from 1 to 1, we can cover the loss.

Benbybit February 21, 2025

Bloomberg reported that Zhu said during a mysterious period on X that BYBIT withdrawals are still open and that the stock exchange has treated more than 70 % of the withdrawal requests he received after the penetration.

Bybit is one of the largest encryption exchanges in the world, based in Dubai and is not available in the United States, according to the report.

The report said that with about $ 16.2 billion of assets to exchange it before penetrating it, the distinctive symbols amounted to about 9 % of their total assets.

Bloomberg later said on Friday that the largest encrypted currency rates – Bitcoin and Al -Atheer – declined when merchants’ reaction to the penetration news was in BYBIT, but they remained within the scope that was circulated this month.

This news came about a month later by saying by bybit that the solution of its bybit is Live in Brazil It is integrated with the instant payment system for the Brazilian, allowing users to make payments in both the currency and cryptocurrency.

The news also came on the same day, exchange of cryptocurrencies Coinbase He said that employees in the United States Securities and Stock Exchange Committee (Second) They agreed in principle to reject The issue of implementing the agency against it.