Crypto lost to exploit, fraud, and hit $ 1.5 billion in February with Bybit Hack: CERTIK
Blockchain Security Certik said that the losses made on fraud, exploitation and intuitive processes amounted to approximately $ 1.53 billion in February, as Blockchain Security Certik represented.
Certik said on February 28 / mail.
The incoming amount lost in February is a jump of about 1500 % of 98 million dollars Record By CERTIK in January. However, with the exception of BYBIT losses, the total remaining coding losses last month reached more than $ 126 million, and a jump remains 28.5 %.
Bybit was exposed to the largest loss in February, followed by the Stablecoin Infini payment company and then the ZKLEND. source: certificate
Beit said that the attackers took control of a storage wallet. The FBI later confirmed industry reports that North Korea was behind the attack and began to transform stolen encryption and separate it “through thousands of headlines on multiple groups.”
CERTIK added that the second most important incident of the month was the penetration on February 24 on Stablecoin Payment, which stole $ 49 million.
On February 27 a reportCERTIK said the main portfolio used in the attack was previously involved in the development of Infini contracts and reserved the rights of the supervisor used to recover all the distinctive symbols.
“The exploitation highlights a large vulnerability, showing how the official’s privileges can become one point of failure,” says Certik. “One of the basic aspects of Blockchain is an understanding of how to protect your own keys.”
The Infini team gave the infiltrator an opportunity to keep 20 % of the stolen stolen loot if the rest is returned, as well as ensuring that the infiltrator will not face any legal consequences.
There was a final date of 48 hours, and it has been long ago, and According to For ETHERSCAN, the wallet used by the infiltrators is still a balance of more than 17,000 Ether (ETH) with a value of $ 43 million.
source: Anfini
No public advertisement has been released on whether the infiltrator is planning to accept the offer and return any money.
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Zklend suffered a decentralized lending protocol at the third largest exploitation of February, when he lost $ 10 million to infiltrators on February 12.
In general, CERTIK says that the upper category of losses in February was a settlement of the portfolio, followed by the documents of the blog, which led to the losses of $ 20 million, and then Khamis, which witnessed that the infiltrators were stealing $ 1.8 million.
The losses in encrypted, exploitation and extraordinary fraud in the last days of 2024 decreased, when December recorded the smallest amount that was stolen at 28.6 million dollars, compared to $ 63.8 million in November and 115.8 million dollars in October.
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