By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent

THE FBI has accused hackers from North Korea of stealing $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency from Bybit, a Dubai-based exchange.

The attack, carried out by the Lazarus Group (also known as TraderTraitor), is now the largest crypto theft on record.

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