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 hack that rocked the crypto market and saw most prices tumbling was called the "largest crypto theft of all time, by some margin," by Elliptic's Tom Robinson, co-founder and chief scientist. "The next largest crypto theft would be the $611 million stolen from Poly Network in 2021. In fact it may even be the largest single theft of all time."

Investigation revealed that BingX, & Phemex hacks were also connected to the same cluster as Bybit's, confirming the threat actor’s identity as the Lazarus group.