TechFlow news, February 27 — According to a public announcement by the FBI, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a security advisory (PSA) confirming that a North Korean hacking group is responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in digital assets from the Bybit exchange. The FBI stated that the hacking group acted swiftly, converting portions of the stolen assets into Bitcoin and other digital currencies, which have been dispersed across thousands of addresses on multiple blockchains. These assets are expected to undergo further money laundering before ultimately being converted into fiat currency.
To prevent the circulation of the stolen assets, the FBI specifically urged various participants within the cryptocurrency ecosystem—including RPC node operators, exchange platforms, cross-chain bridge services, blockchain analytics firms, decentralized financial services, and other virtual asset service providers—to comprehensively block all transactions associated with or originating from addresses used by the hackers for money laundering.
