FBI attributes $6bn Binance heist to North Korea's TraderTraitor
Original title: FBI Attributes Binance Heist to North Korea’s TraderTraitor
North Korea-linked group TraderTraitor stole over $6 billion from Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
The FBI attributes the theft of more than $6bn from cryptocurrency exchange Binance last week to the TraderTraitor group. The Bureau observed the group converting stolen assets primarily into Ethereum and using DeFi products for laundering. Around $2.9bn of the funds have been frozen or seized, but nearly $3.3bn remains outside the reach of issuers. Binance is investigating the complex attack involving multiple individuals and a self-destruct mechanism.
Unconfirmed: Binance continues to investigate the cause; originally claimed DevOps laptop compromise but now described as complex attack.
- Theft of over $6 billion from Binance
- Attributed to TraderTraitor linked to North Korea
- $3.25bn still uncontrolled across 800+ addresses
- Unrelated to recent Binance cryptocurrency theft incident
- Vendors
- Binance
- Products
- cryptocurrency exchange
- Threat actors
- TraderTraitor
- Victims
- Binance
- Countries
- North Korea
From the original article
2 min read at infosecurity-magazine.com
The FBI has blamed North Korean APT group TraderTraitor for the world’s biggest cyber heist
By Phil Muncaster · infosecurity-magazine.com
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