{"id":6002,"date":"2026-02-01T18:05:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.22\/?p=6002"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:05:36","slug":"february-2025-bybit-and-the-1-5-billion-crypto-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/?p=6002","title":{"rendered":"February 2025: Bybit and the $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-February, the <strong>Bybit<\/strong> cryptocurrency exchange fell victim to what is now cited as the largest crypto theft in history. Hackers, believed to be the <strong>Lazarus Group<\/strong>, exploited a third-party storage product to siphon off $1.5 billion in Ethereum. The attack utilized malicious JavaScript to manipulate transaction signing processes during a routine wallet transfer. This record-breaking breach served as a wake-up call for the financial sector regarding the extreme risks posed by third-party software dependencies and the sophistication of state-sponsored financial crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-February, the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange fell victim to what is now cited as the largest crypto theft in history. Hackers, believed to be the Lazarus Group, exploited a third-party storage product to siphon off $1.5 billion in Ethereum. The attack utilized malicious JavaScript to manipulate transaction signing processes during a routine wallet transfer. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyber-attacks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamglover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}