Following the recent theft of $1.4B from Bybit’s reserves, the exchange has launched “Lazarus Bounty.” The bounty tracking platform aims to recruit the global crypto community to aid in the recovery of the stolen funds.

North Korea is behind the massive crypto hack, according to several blockchain monitoring firms and a well-known researcher

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.

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,

Lazarus Group isn’t an occasional player in the hacking world; it is frequently the prime suspect in major crypto heists. The North Korean state-backed group has siphoned billions from exchanges, tricked developers,

ZachXBT has identified North Korea’s Lazarus Group as the orchestrator behind the massive $1.46 billion hack on Bybit.

North Korea's Lazarus Group is credited with hacking the Bybit crypto exchange on February 21, 2025, and stealing a massive $1.4 billion. According to blockchain security firm Elliptic, the stolen funds are likely being laundered through various methods to obscure the transaction trail.