Lazarus Group’s $1.4B Bybit hack is just the beginning (feat. CertiK)

CertiK chief business officer Jason Jiang shares the nitty gritty on how North Korea’s Lazarus Group stole $1.4 billion in ETH-related tokens from Bybit, who is ultimately at fault, and what the crypto industry and investors can do to protect themselves against the next major hack. 

(00:00) Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(02:17) How Lazarus Group hacked Bybit 
(07:17) Are hard wallets and cold wallets safe from hacks?
(09:19) How AI and quantum computing could compromise blockchains
(12:24) Who is most at fault for the Bybit hack?
(16:05) Is THORChain facilitating crime or abiding by the rules of decentralization?
(18:46) How smart contract audits work
(23:31) Securing AI and planning for the quantum computing Cambrian explosion
(26:02) Is there a white hat hacker shortage?
(30:34) The future of onchain security

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