The malicious Javascript code used in the attack could secretly modify transactions for SafeWallet, a cryptocurrency wallet provider.

Bybit, a major cryptocurrency exchange based in Dubai recently announced it had been hacked, losing $1.5 billion worth of the cryptocurrency Ethereum in the largest cryptocurrency theft of all time. Putting it into perspective,

One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world has suffered a devastating cyberattack in which it lost approximately $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum. The attack against Bybit was confirmed by the company’s CEO, Ben Zhou, who said the threat actors siphoned the exchange’s reserves, and not customer funds.