Big news in the world of cryptocurrency! There was a huge theft – the biggest ever! Hackers stole over $1.4 billion worth of digital money from a company called Bybit. This digital money is called cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin but different.
- Hackers took lots of special digital money called Ether (ETH).
- They used clever tricks to hide where the money went.
- Some of the money might still be found by experts.
- Bybit quickly gave its customers back their money.
| Fact | Number |
|---|---|
| Amount stolen | $1.4 billion |
| Ether stolen | 500,000 |
| % of funds traceable (initially) | 77% |
| % of funds frozen | 3% |
