A company that has been victimized by the greatest thief in the world trying to regain some of the losses of many online hunters.
Last week, hackers were believed to be from the famous Lazarus group in North Korea stolen $ 1.46bn (£ 1.1bn) in cryptocurrency from bybit, a crypto trade platform.
Criminals tried to rapid cash out the hoard through a complicated process of laundering money.
Bybit now offers money rewards to anyone who surrounds and prevent them from excavation.
“Join us in the war against Lazarus” The CEO of the Company Zhou posted online in a Link to a new website Offering an abundance of anyone can help.
Cryptocurrencies are stored in public wallets with anyone can view to follow the money while criminals are divided into small chunkels to prevent its origins.
The new website has a live lead board showing companies and individuals successfully found some of the coins.
The Bounty value provides 5% of the amount indicated by individuals who have successfully attracted a company with control over funds to freeze money.
It’s also aiming 5% of companies that work.
Website already shows millions of dollars in fees to successful smostto Brepto.
“We have taught a team of dedication to maintain and update this website, we will never stop until the Lazarus or poor actors in the industry have been eliminated,” says Mr. Jou.
The crypto investigation firm elliptic that describes it as a “true positive change.”
“There are many talented blockchain investigators who have today’s motivated tracking of stolen funds, and to help capture them,” says Tom Robinson, from Elliptic.
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“If such a hack can occur in this size the second largest exchange of the world, it is certain to happen too,” he said.
There are no authorities such as central banks or regulators involved in crypto transactions which means that either victims of criminal behavior cannot have for help.
That’s the rest of the bebit dependent on goodwill to other Crypto companies to act for them.
Not everything.
BYIT’s website is to track Crypto companies who don’t respond to requests for help.
An exchange called Exch is evidently refused to cooperate.
According to the researchers of Crypto Investigator Elliptic, Exch is a platform acquaintance with allowing users to buy cryptoosets unknown.
To a Blog post Elliptic charges “hundreds of dollars of cryptoosets derived from criminal activity, including many robbers in North Korea” successfully hit by North Korea “successfully hit serving .
So far $ 75m from BYBIT Hack is tracked flowing through the flow of the website, according to analysis.
Exch does not respond to BBC requests for comment.
Bybit promises to open it new Bounty website with other prolific North Korean Hacking Group prolific groups.
The site has a North Korean leader logo that Kim Jong’s hair is a knife.
Crypto investigators around the world say the group’s hack blamed at about $ 6bn of crypto thieves in recent years.
Researchers say stolen funds are used in Hermit State to improve international sanctions and enhance its military powers.
North Korea has never been admittedly responsible for the Lazarus group.