An exchange closes the ether gap, takes $ 1.4 billion after penetration

Bybit returned to 1: 1 support for the client’s assets and closed the “ether gap” that he faced after an unprecedented penetration of $ 1.4 billion late on Friday.
The Stock Exchange has received 446,870 from the Ether (ETH), at a value of $ 1.23 billion at current prices, through loans, great deposits, and the purchase of the ether in the past two days, Loconchin said in the trace service in the series on Monday.
The title activity indicates that more than 400 million dollars purchased through trading without a prescription, with another $ 300 million that was brought directly from the stock exchanges. Nearly $ 300 million has been requested as loans; The rest of the addresses that apparently belong to the encryption boxes.
ETH prices increased by 4 % during the weekend amid the apparent purchase activity, but it decreased 2 % during the past 24 hours as the morale has not been fully raised.
During, Beett said late on Sunday All deposit and withdrawal activity “has been fully recovered to normal levels – with total deposits” slightly exceeded “as is the case on Saturday in a sign of market confidence.
On Friday, one of the BYBIT portfolit attacks, which is usually safe due to its lack of internet connection, targeted the theft that allowed the withdrawal of $ 1.4 billion from ETH.
The infiltrators gained control by exploiting an advanced method that includes the UI’s processing interface and URL. This allowed the attackers to change the logic of the smart contract, and to redirect money to an unidentified address. Then the stolen assets were divided through multiple portfolios and were replaced by decentralized exchanges.
Blockchain Sleute Zachbt linked the penetration to the Lazaros Group in North Korea, a notorious state sponsored by the encryption theft. Lazaros was behind many prominent encryption attacks, including the penetration of the 600 million dollar network in 2022, and a $ 230 million drain on ExchandE Wazirx in 2024.
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