Experts told about the Lazarus group that hacked Bybit

The North Korean group Lazarus has been operating since 2007 and is traditionally considered pro-state, experts from the cyberintelligence department of the F6 company told Izvestia. Initially its attacks were directed against South Korea, but over time its geography and target industries have expanded significantly. At different times, this criminal group has been seen for espionage, attacks to steal funds.

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"One of the first high-profile Lazarus operations in the financial sector was the attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank in 2016. Then the attackers tried to withdraw $1 billion, but part of the operations were blocked in time, but the bank failed to return $80 million," the experts recalled.

In 2017, cryptocurrency began to gain popularity, and the Lazarus group changed the vector of attacks from banks to cryptocurrency services. The first targets were three cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, and in total the attackers managed to steal 3,816 bitcoins worth about $5 million at the exchange rate at the time.

Over the weekend, Bybit called on "the brightest minds" to help catch the hackers who broke into the service and stole funds from it, the company said on its website. The platform specified that the person who will contribute to the capture of criminals, will be paid 10% of the amount that will be recovered with his help - the reward could be up to $140 million.

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