加密貨幣公司Bybit說，黑客在潛在的記錄盜竊案中偷走了15億美元的數字貨幣

這家位於迪拜的公司的創始人告訴用戶，他們的資金是“安全的”，它將退還受影響的人

Hackers stole $1.5bn worth of digital currency from cryptocurrency firm Bybit in what could be the biggest crypto theft in history.

黑客從加密貨幣公司Bybit偷走了價值15億美元的數字貨幣，這可能是歷史上最大的加密盜竊。

The Dubai-based company’s founder told users that their funds were “safe” and that it would refund any of those affected.

這家總部位於迪拜的公司的創始人告訴用戶，他們的資金是“安全的”，它將退還任何受影響的人。

The hackers stole from Bybit’s Ethereum coin digital wallet. Ethereum is the second largest cryptocurrency by value after Bitcoin.

黑客偷走了Bybit的以太坊硬幣數字錢包。以太坊是僅次於比特幣的第二大加密貨幣。

The ethereum cold wallet was the only one that was attacked and all other wallets of the exchange were unaffected, with withdrawals proceeding normally, chief executive Ben Zhou said in a post on X.

首席執行官本週在X上發表的帖子中說，以太坊冷錢包是唯一受到攻擊的人，所有其他交易所錢包都沒有受到影響，撤軍正常進行。

He said the money could be covered by the firm or by a loan from partners. Bybit holds $20bn in assets.

他說，這筆錢可以由公司或合作夥伴的貸款支付。 Bybit持有20億美元的資產。

Bybit said the hackers exploited security features, then transferred the money to an unidentified address.

拜比特說，黑客利用了安全功能，然後將資金轉移到了身份不明的地址。

After the theft, the value of Ethereum fell by around four per cent on Friday, leaving it worth $2,641.41 per coin.

盜竊後，週五以太坊的價值下降了約4％，每枚硬幣的價值為2,641.41美元。

The scale of the theft would exceed a previous record, which was a $620m heist of Ethereum and USD Coin from the Ronin Network in 2022.

盜竊的規模將超過先前的記錄，這是2022年羅寧網絡的以太坊和美元硬幣的6.2億美元搶劫。

Bybit was founded in 2018. US President Donald Trump and former Paypal chief Peter Thiel were reportedly among its early investors.

拜比特（Bybit）成立於2018年。據報導，美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和前貝寶（Paypal）酋長彼得·蒂爾（Peter Thiel）是其早期投資者之一。

Bybit says it has more than 60m users worldwide and offers access to various cryptocurrencies.

Bybit表示，它在全球範圍內擁有超過6000萬用戶，並提供了各種加密貨幣的訪問權限。

“Bybit is solvent even if this hack loss is not recovered, all of clients assets are 1 to 1 backed, we can cover the loss,” Zhou added.

週補充說：“即使沒有收回這種黑客損失，所有客戶資產都是1到1個備份，我們可以承擔損失。”

The company said in a post on X that it had reported the case to authorities and that it was working “quickly and extensively” to identify the hackers.

該公司在X上的一篇文章中表示，已將此案報告給當局，並且正在“迅速，廣泛地”來識別黑客。

Cryptocurrencies, which have become popular with investors, have sparked division as many criticsze their value for being based purely on speculation, allowing their value to be easily manipulated.

在投資者中流行的加密貨幣已經引發了許多批評，因為他們的價值純粹是基於猜測，因此可以輕鬆地操縱其價值。

Most recently, Donald Trump has been criticised for launching his own digital coin while saying he “doesn’t know much” about the cryptocurrency.

最近，唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）因推出自己的數字硬幣而被批評，同時說他對加密貨幣“不了解”。

The digital coin called TRUMP appeared on his social media accounts ahead of his inauguration and quickly became one of the most valuable crypto coins, but has since fallen significantly in value.

名為特朗普的數字硬幣在他就職典禮之前就出現在他的社交媒體帳戶上，並很快成為了最有價值的加密硬幣之一，但此後價值大大落下。