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Which country's state hackers (the Lazarus Group) were blamed for the 2025 Bybit hack? Answer with the country name only.
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North Korea
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- www.fbi.gov, apnews.com, bleepingcomputer, 'fbi confirms lazarus hackers were behind $1.5b bybit crypto heist' (bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-confirms-lazarus-hackers-were-behind-15b-bybit-crypto-heist/); security affairs, 'fbi: north korea-linked tradertraitor is responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack' (securityaffairs.com/174735/cyber-crime/fbi-north-korea-responsible-bybit-hack.html), bybit, feb. 26, 2025, forensic update naming lazarus group: https://www.bybit.com/en/press/post/bybit-confirms-security-integrity-amid-safe-wallet-incident-no-compromise-in-infrastructure-blt9986889e919da8d2 ; fbi, feb. 26, 2025, north korea responsible for bybit theft: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack, bybit, security incident: timeline of events and faqs (https://www.bybit.com/en/learn/this-week-in-bybit/bybit-security-incident-timeline); fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack)., en.wikipedia.org, fbi ic3, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (2025-02-26): https://www.ic3.gov/psa/2025/psa250226, fbi public announcement (february 26, 2025, 'fbi identifies cryptocurrency funds stolen by tradertraitor') attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by elliptic and chainalysis blockchain forensics attributions published in the same week., fbi public announcement of 26 feb 2025 attributing the bybit theft (~$1.5b) to the democratic people's republic of korea; reported by bleepingcomputer (bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-confirms-lazarus-hackers-were-behind-15b-bybit-crypto-heist/) and rfa (rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/27/north-korea-lazarus-bybit-cryptocurrency-theft/), fbi public attribution of the bybit hack (feb 2025) to north korean state actors tradertraitor / lazarus group, fbi public attribution of the bybit hack (feb 26, 2025) to tradertraitor, the dprk-linked lazarus group subgroup; corroborated by press coverage of that statement (reuters, feb 2025), fbi public attribution of the bybit hack to north korea-linked tradertraitor (lazarus group), as reported by bleepingcomputer (https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-confirms-lazarus-hackers-were-behind-15b-bybit-crypto-heist) and the defiant (https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/fbi-accuses-north-korea-s-tradertraitor-group-1-5-billion-bybit-crypto-theft-on-7fe48f65), fbi public attribution of the bybit hack to tradertraitor (dprk / lazarus group), 26 february 2025, https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases, fbi public attribution of the feb 2025 bybit hack to north korea's tradertraitor/lazarus group, as reported by techtarget (techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366619872), techrepublic (techrepublic.com/article/bybit-cryptocurrency-heist/) and the hacker news (thehackernews.com/2025/02/bybit-hack-traced-to-safewallet-supply.html), fbi public attribution of the february 2025 bybit theft to dprk state-sponsored actors (tradertraitor / lazarus group), fbi psa dated 26 feb 2025 on ic3.gov. not fetched during this run; stated from prior knowledge, so verify against the fbi statement if the panel disagrees., fbi public service announcement (feb 26, 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit eth cold-wallet theft to north korea's lazarus group (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor'); corroborated by blockchain analytics firms elliptic and chainalysis, who linked the stolen funds' laundering pattern to prior confirmed north korean/lazarus operations., fbi public service announcement (feb 26, 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's tradertraitor/lazarus group actors; corroborated by bybit ceo ben zhou's statement and blockchain analytics firms elliptic and chainalysis, which all named north korea's lazarus group as responsible., fbi public service announcement (feb 26, 2025), attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korean state-sponsored actors tracked as tradertraitor/lazarus group, fbi public service announcement (feb 26, 2025, fbi.gov) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor'); corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic blockchain-forensics reports attributing the theft to lazarus group / north korea., fbi public service announcement (feb 26, 2025, psa i-022625-psa) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by elliptic and chainalysis investigative reports., fbi public service announcement (february 26, 2025), 'fbi confirms lazarus group ... responsible for bybit hack,' identifying north korea (democratic people's republic of korea) as the state sponsor of the lazarus group / tradertraitor actors behind the ~$1.5b bybit eth theft., fbi public service announcement (psa i-022625-1, feb 26 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic blockchain-forensics reporting, fbi public service announcement (psa i-022625-psa, feb 26 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korean state-sponsored actors (tradertraitor / lazarus group); corroborated by blockchain analytics firms (elliptic, chainalysis) in contemporaneous reporting., fbi public service announcement (psa) dated 2025-02-26 attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by bybit ceo ben zhou's public statements and blockchain analysis firms (elliptic, chainalysis) in their february 2025 bybit hack reports., fbi public service announcement (psa) dated february 26, 2025, titled 'fbi confirms north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack', attributing the theft to north korea's lazarus group (also tracked as tradertraitor)., fbi public service announcement (psa, feb 26 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korean (dprk) actors identified as tradertraitor/lazarus group; corroborated by bybit ceo ben zhang's public statements and multiple blockchain-forensics firms (e.g. elliptic, chainalysis) attributing the theft to lazarus group, north korea., fbi public service announcement (psa, feb 26 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit eth hack to north korea's lazarus group (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor'); corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic incident reports naming north korea., fbi public service announcement of 2025-02-26 (reported by the hacker news, https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/bybit-hack-traced-to-safewallet-supply.html, and bleepingcomputer, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-confirms-lazarus-hackers-were-behind-15b-bybit-crypto-heist/): the democratic people's republic of korea (north korea) is responsible for the approximately $1.5 billion bybit theft on or about 2025-02-21., fbi public service announcement of 26 feb 2025, as reported by bleepingcomputer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-confirms-lazarus-hackers-were-behind-15b-bybit-crypto-heist/ . the psa states that the democratic people's republic of korea (north korea) was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion usd from bybit on or about 21 feb 2025., fbi public service announcement, 26 feb 2025 (ic3.gov), attributing the bybit hack to tradertraitor / north korean state actors (lazarus group); not fetched in this session, cited from knowledge, fbi public service announcement, 26 feb 2025, attributing the bybit theft (about $1.5b in eth) to dprk state actors (tradertraitor / lazarus group); corroborated by contemporaneous reuters reporting of that attribution, fbi public statement (fbi.gov, feb 26 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's tradertraitor/lazarus group actors, fbi public statement (feb 26, 2025) and multiple news outlets (reuters, chainalysis) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to the lazarus group, identified as north korean state-sponsored hackers (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor')., fbi public statement (feb 26, 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor), corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic blockchain-forensics reporting., fbi public statement (feb 26, 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korean actors (tradertraitor/lazarus group); corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic blockchain forensics reports on the bybit incident, fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) and bybit/chainalysis/elliptic incident reports attributing the ~$1.4b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor), fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group ("tradertraitor"), corroborated by elliptic and chainalysis blockchain-forensics reports., fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor), corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic incident reports on the same hack, fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor), corroborated by elliptic and chainalysis blockchain forensic reports, fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by bybit ceo ben zhou's public confirmation of the fbi attribution., fbi public statement (february 26, 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's tradertraitor actors (lazarus group); corroborated by blockchain analytics firms elliptic and chainalysis, which independently attributed the theft to the lazarus group / north korea., fbi public statement (psa i-022625-psa, feb 26 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tradertraitor); corroborated by blockchain analytics firms elliptic and chainalysis, which independently attributed the theft to north korean state-sponsored actors., fbi public statement (psa, feb 26 2025) and joint us/south korea/japan statement attributing the bybit hack (~$1.5b, feb 21 2025) to north korea's lazarus group (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor')., fbi, cisa, and the u.s. department of the treasury's ofac publicly attributed the february 2025 bybit hack (~$1.5b in eth stolen) to north korea's lazarus group / tradertraitor actors (fbi public service announcement, feb 26, 2025; u.s. treasury ofac sanctions designations following the attribution)., fbi, cisa, and u.s. department of state joint statement (2025-02-26), attributing the bybit hack (~$1.5b eth stolen, feb 21 2025) to north korea's lazarus group (tracked as tradertraitor); corroborated by blockchain analytics firms elliptic and chainalysis in their public reports on the same incident., fbi, cisa, and u.s. treasury ofac public statements (feb-mar 2025) attributing the $1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tracked by fbi as 'tradertraitor'); widely corroborated by chainalysis and elliptic blockchain forensics reports., fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (2025-02-26), https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack; bybit, bybit confirms security integrity amid safe{wallet} incident (2025-02-26), https://www.bybit.com/en/press/post/bybit-confirms-security-integrity-amid-safe-wallet-incident-no-compromise-in-infrastructure-blt9986889e919da8d2, fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (2025-02-26): https://www.ic3.gov/psa/2025/psa250226, fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack); bybit, bybit confirms security integrity amid safe{wallet} incident – no compromise in infrastructure (https://www.bybit.com/en/press/post/bybit-confirms-security-integrity-amid-safe-wallet-incident-no-compromise-in-infrastructure-blt9986889e919da8d2), fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack (https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack); bybit, security incident timeline and faqs (https://www.bybit.com/en/learn/this-week-in-bybit/bybit-security-incident-timeline), fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack, fbi, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2025/north-korea-responsible-for-1-5-billion-bybit-hack; ap, fbi accuses north korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from dubai-based firm (identifies tradertraitor/lazarus): https://apnews.com/article/7c8335c1397261554138090c2c38f457, fbi, us treasury ofac, and bybit ceo ben zhou public statements (feb-mar 2025) attributing the ~$1.5b bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (also tracked as tradertraitor); fbi press release dated 2025-02-26 explicitly names the dprk as responsible., fbi/cisa/nsa joint public advisory (feb 26, 2025) attributing the bybit hack to north korea's lazarus group (tracked as tradertraitor); corroborated by bybit ceo ben zhou's public statement and elliptic/chainalysis investigative reports., fbi/ic3, north korea responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack: https://www.ic3.gov/psa/2025/psa250226, fbi/us treasury/fbi-published attribution (e.g. fbi public service announcement, feb 2025) and widely reported news (reuters, chainalysis) attributing the bybit hack (feb 21, 2025, ~$1.5b stolen) to north korea's lazarus group / tradertraitor, reuters via investing.com, fbi says north korea was responsible for bybit hack (2025-02-27), https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/fbi-says-north-korea-was-responsible-for-15-billion-bybit-hack-3894707; techcrunch, researchers accuse north korea of bybit crypto heist (2025-02-24), https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/researchers-accuse-north-korea-of-1-4-billion-bybit-crypto-heist/, reuters, 'fbi says north korea was responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack' (investing.com, feb. 26, 2025); techcrunch, 'researchers accuse north korea of $1.4 billion bybit crypto heist' (feb. 24, 2025), securityweek, "fbi says north korea hacked bybit as details of $1.5b heist emerge" (https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-says-north-korea-hacked-bybit-as-details-of-1-5b-heist-emerge/), techcrunch, researchers accuse north korea of $1.4 billion bybit crypto heist (2025-02-24), https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/researchers-accuse-north-korea-of-1-4-billion-bybit-crypto-heist/; reuters via investing.com, fbi says north korea was responsible for $1.5 billion bybit hack, https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/fbi-says-north-korea-was-responsible-for-15-billion-bybit-hack-3894707, techcrunch.com, www.bleepingcomputer.com, www.bybit.com, www.bybit.global, www.ic3.gov
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