North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency in a single heist, making it the largest crypto hack on record, security experts told CNN.

A NORTH Korean hacking group accused of orchestrating the largest heist in crypto’s history have stolen a whopping £5billon worth of digital money from the West. The shady Lazarus Group are

Following the revelation Friday from cryptocurrency exchange firm Bybit that hackers stole digital tokens worth about $1.5 billion – in what may be the biggest crypto heist of all time – CEO Ben Zhou wrote on X Sunday that it has replenished its reserves. Bybit was able to do this through a mix of emergency loans and large deposits.

The hack that rocked the crypto market and saw most prices tumbling was called the "largest crypto theft of all time, by some margin," by Elliptic's Tom Robinson, co-founder and chief scientist. "The next largest crypto theft would be the $611 million stolen from Poly Network in 2021. In fact it may even be the largest single theft of all time."

Investigation revealed that BingX, & Phemex hacks were also connected to the same cluster as Bybit's, confirming the threat actor’s identity as the Lazarus group.

Hackers affiliated with North Korea are believed to have carried out Friday’s (Feb 21) record US$1.5 billion hack of crypto exchange Bybit, according to security researchers. Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said on Friday an attacker gained control of an ethereum (ETH) wallet and transferred around US$1.

On-chain sleuthing linked Friday's $1.4 billion hack of crypto exchange Bybit to North Korea's Lazarus Group, Arkham Intelligence said.

OpenAI says it blocked several North Korean hacking groups from using its ChatGPT platform to research future targets and find ways to hack into their networks.

Bybit got ripped apart by hackers today, and now we know exactly who did it. The infamous Lazarus Group, North Korea’s state-backed cybercriminal syndicate, has been exposed as the masterminds behind the $1.