(Reuters) -Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said on Friday an attacker gained control of an ether wallet and transferred around $1.5 billion worth of holdings to an unidentified address. The ether cold wallet was the only one that was attacked and all other wallets of the exchange were unaffected,

B ybit, the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume behind Binance, said that it has lost almost $1.5 billion in a hack on Friday. The theft is the biggest in the history

Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers believe North Korean hackers were likely responsible.