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🚨 What Exactly Happened at #ByBit? 🔎 Summary from the CEO's live update: 👉 Routine transfer gone wrong: ➡️ ByBit was performing its regular cold wallet transfer (done roughly every 3 weeks) ➡️ The transaction involved 30,000 ETH using services from SAFE and Ledger ➡️ The ByBit CEO was the final signatory; everything appeared normal with a valid URL 👉 The breach: ➡️ 30 minutes post-signature, a critical alert was triggered: ➡️ 401,000 ETH (~$... depending on market value) was drained from the ETH cold wallet ➡️ ✅ No other wallets were affected 👉 How it happened: ➡️ Hackers compromised the user interface on the signatories' devices, making the URL appear legitimate ➡️ Suspected breach of SAFE’s server 👉 Aftermath and immediate actions: ➡️ Massive user withdrawals followed, with 4,000 pending transactions at the time of the livestream ➡️ Customer funds are fully backed 1:1, ByBit confirmed
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