Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’

Bybit platform appeals to ‘brightest minds’ in cybersecurity for help after attacker transfers Ethereum currency

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has called on the “brightest minds” in cybersecurity to help it recover $1.5bn (£1.2bn) stolen by hackers in what is thought to be the biggest single digital theft in history.

The Dubai-based crypto platform said an attacker gained control of a wallet of Ethereum, one of the most popular digital currencies after bitcoin, and transferred the contents to an unknown address.

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