加密货币公司Bybit说，黑客在潜在的记录盗窃案中偷走了15亿美元的数字货币

这家位于迪拜的公司的创始人告诉用户，他们的资金是“安全的”，它将退还受影响的人

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

黑客从加密货币公司Bybit偷走了价值15亿美元的数字货币，这可能是历史上最大的加密盗窃。

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

这家总部位于迪拜的公司的创始人告诉用户，他们的资金是“安全的”，它将退还任何受影响的人。

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的以太坊硬币数字钱包。以太坊是仅次于比特币的第二大加密货币。

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.

首席执行官本周在X上发表的帖子中说，以太坊冷钱包是唯一受到攻击的人，所有其他交易所钱包都没有受到影响，撤军正常进行。

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

他说，这笔钱可以由公司或合作伙伴的贷款支付。 Bybit持有20亿美元的资产。

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

拜比特说，黑客利用了安全功能，然后将资金转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.

盗窃后，周五以太坊的价值下降了约4％，每枚硬币的价值为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.

盗窃的规模将超过先前的记录，这是2022年罗宁网络的以太坊和美元硬币的6.2亿美元抢劫。

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）成立于2018年。据报道，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和前贝宝（Paypal）酋长彼得·蒂尔（Peter Thiel）是其早期投资者之一。

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

Bybit表示，它在全球范围内拥有超过6000万用户，并提供了各种加密货币的访问权限。

“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.

周补充说：“即使没有收回这种黑客损失，所有客户资产都是1到1个备份，我们可以承担损失。”

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.

该公司在X上的一篇文章中表示，已将此案报告给当局，并且正在“迅速，广泛地”来识别黑客。

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.

在投资者中流行的加密货币已经引发了许多批评，因为他们的价值纯粹是基于猜测，因此可以轻松地操纵其价值。

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，唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）因推出自己的数字硬币而被批评，同时说他对加密货币“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.

名为特朗普的数字硬币在他就职典礼之前就出现在他的社交媒体帐户上，并很快成为了最有价值的加密硬币之一，但此后价值大大落下。