# Could IPFS Have Prevented the Bybit Hack?

DevFeed: [Could IPFS Have Prevented the Bybit Hack?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/could-ipfs-have-prevented-the-bybit-hack-35624.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipfs.tech/2025-could-ipfs-prevent-bybit-hack/>)

Author: Daniel Norman

Published: 2025-02-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipfs.md>)

Topics: [IPFS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ipfs.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [smart contract](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/smart-contract.md>)

Tags: [aws-s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-s3.md>), [defense-in-depth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/defense-in-depth.md>), [ipfs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipfs.md>), [object-object](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/object-object.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [smart-contract](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-contract.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines the Bybit hack, in which a malicious Safe frontend led multisig owners to sign a harmful transaction. It argues that IPFS content addressing and local verification could have provided an additional preventive layer for dapp frontends, while noting that the exact method of AWS S3 access was unclear.

## Source excerpt

The Bybit hack revealed several security failures, this post examines whether IPFS could have helped prevent the hack and practical solutions for dapp developers.