Morning Edition · Saturday, August 8, 2026Published at 1:55 AM EDT · New York

Bybit Sues North Korea Over the $1.5 Billion Hack and Wins an Order Freezing Traced Assets

The exchange named the Reconnaissance General Bureau and the Lazarus Group in a Washington federal court and obtained an injunction against unidentified holders of the stolen funds.

Bybit has filed a civil suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against North Korea, its Reconnaissance General Bureau and the Lazarus Group over the February 2025 theft of about $1.5 billion in ether and stake…