Exchange of cryptocurrency Pipe He confirmed that he was a victim a Hacker This led to more theft $ 1.4 billion in ETHEREUM (eth).
Initial estimates indicate that the central exchange of Singapore has suffered from one of the most dangerous violations in recent years in the encryption sector, while transferring huge amounts of money to an unidentified portfolio.
The dynamics of the penetration and comment attack from bybit
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BYBIT CEO, Ben Chuand I mentioned on x The strike was implemented by manipulating the signature of Multisig from the platform Cold wallet. According to reports, the attack included the advanced fishing technique called “Musk treatment”And that deceived the signers to verify the validity of a harmful process without realizing.
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“The Multisig Cold of Bybit Eth wallet was only transferred to our warm wallet about an hour ago. However, the signature message has modified the logic of smart contracts for our cold wallet ETH.”
The result? The infiltrator took control of the wallet, and moved each eth to an unknown address. Zhou stressed that the rest of the cold Bybit portfolios remain safe and that the podium clouds continue naturally.
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The targeted attack on a cool pipe wallet
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The attack ensures a cold, strategic portfolio, responsible for managing a large amount of Ethereum. The process generated the flow of transactions that rapidly raised doubts between the encryption community and analysts on the chain.
Initial investigations indicate that part of the stolen money on decentralized exchanges (DeX) has already been exchanged, making the Criptovalute recovery more complicated. In response to the attack, announced bybit Unusual direct server maintenanceWhich may be linked to post -fishing security measures.
The race to restore money and counter measures
Now the race begins to prevent stolen money and Obtaining asset freezing In the main exchange platforms. Blockchain security experts monitor the addresses associated with infiltrators, while the stock exchange cooperates with the authorities to track the origin of the attack.
This event again sheds light on the risks associated with the security of central exchanges.
Despite the development of protection measures, infiltrators continue to exploit advanced weaknesses to steal large sums. It remains to see whether Bybit will succeed in reducing damage and protecting its users from possible future repercussions.
