Hackers Launder $1.39 Billion Stolen from Bybit, Impacting ETH Price and THORChain’s Transaction Volume
In a well-coordinated cyber heist, hackers have successfully laundered an incredible 499,000 ETH, valued at around $1.39 billion, taken from the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit. The laundering process, which lasted 10 days, used several advanced methods and made ample use of mixers to obscure the heist's trail. Despite serving as a massive wake-up call about the security of digital assets, the hack has managed to impact the cryptocurrency market in a big way. While the price of Ethereum (ETH) is down around 23% during the same period as the hack, the price of many other cryptocurrencies is down, too. The Complex Money Laundering Operation The scheme to steal from Bybit, one of the top crypto exchanges, was large and messy. Almost 500,000 ETH got taken. And as you can imagine, moving that much cryptocurrency into the real world is hard to […]