North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency in a single heist, making it the largest crypto hack on record, security experts told CNN.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has accused North Korea of a major cyber theft, stealing around $1.5 billion in digital assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The incident marks the biggest heist in history, beating the previous record of $1 billion stolen by Saddam Hussein from Iraq's central bank before the 2003 war.

Cryptocurrency buyers should be prepared for more and bigger threats after North Korea’s recent robbery of close to $1.5 billion of cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit.

North Korean hackers were behind a sophisticated hack that stole about $1.5 billion worth of digital currency from Bybit, a major cryptocurrency exchange, according to security firm TRM. “TRM has

On February 21, a major cryptocurrency exchange reported a sophisticated hack that stole around US$1.5 billion (€1.39 billion) in digital currency, making it one of the biggest online thefts ever. The affected company,