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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed that North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind the $1.5 billion Bybit hack and is urging the crypto industry to block transactions linked to the stolen funds. The agency is calling on exchanges, node operators, and private sector players to prevent further laundering, as the hackers have already moved over 135,000 ETH. It flagged 51 Ethereum addresses tied to the attack, the largest crypto heist ever. ”Actors are proceeding rapidly and have converted some of the stolen assets to Bitcoin and other virtual assets dispersed across thousands of addresses on multiple blockchains,” the FBI said. It added that the stolen funds will “be further laundered” before eventually being converted to fiat currency. About 363,900 ETH has remained unmoved. At ETH’s current price of $2,351.38 as of 7:07 a.m. EST, the assets are worth more than $855.6 million. Most of the assets that were stolen from the centraliz...

The export privilege ban comes from Griffith’s conviction and further impacts his involvement in international trade and transactions. The Department of Commerce has imposed a 10-year export privilege bar on Virgil Griffith, an Ethereum developer currently serving a five-year prison sentence. This bar restricts him from enjoying export privileges until April 12, 2032. The export privilege ban affects his ability tonparticipate in international trade and business. On April 12, 2022, Virgil Griffith was convicted in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for breaching the IEEPA. Griffith was found guilty of unauthorized export of services to North Korea and circumventing U.S. sanctions imposed on North Korea. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman accused Griffith of knowingly sharing technical information with North Korea that could aid in money laundering and evading sanctions, according to a statement. As a result of his conviction, Griffith has been sentenced to 63...