Bybit blocked $700M in suspicious withdrawal requests and recovered $48.4M in stolen assets via AI-assisted security during H1 2026.
Security & Exploits ·
Bybit blocked over $700 million in suspicious withdrawal requests and intercepted more than 30,000 attempts during the first half of 2026, according to reports of the exchange's security performance. The platform integrated AI-assisted auditing to strengthen vulnerability detection and streamline assessment processes, expanding monitoring across all business-relevant on-chain activity.
In a related enforcement effort, Bybit pursued legal action against North Korea and the Lazarus Group, leading to the freezing of $30.5 million in stolen assets. The exchange has also recovered approximately $48.4 million across multiple platforms as part of ongoing asset recovery operations tied to that lawsuit.
The specific technical mechanisms behind the AI detection system and the precise timeline of asset recovery remain unclear. It is also not yet known how many of the 30,000 blocked requests were thwarted automatically versus through manual intervention, or what proportion of the $700 million intercepted stemmed from the North Korea-related enforcement action versus general fraud prevention.