Elliptic blog: Bybit exploit 12 months on: the DPRK threat continues
Bybit exploit anniversary analysis; Tenexium incident (operatives creating crypto projects) · Feb 16, 2026
February 21, 2026, marks 12 months since approximately $1.46 billion in cryptoassets were stolen from Dubai-based exchange Bybit ... Elliptic was among the first to publicly attribute the attack to North Korea (DPRK), an assessment later confirmed by the FBI.