FBI confirms North Korean hackers stole over $6B from Binance
Original title: FBI Confirms North Korean Hackers Responsible for $6 Billion+ Binance Attack
FBI links the $6.3 billion theft to the TraderTraitor group, with funds moving through DeFi platforms.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that North Korean hackers stole more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance on or about October 29, 2026. The agency tracks the activity as TraderTraitor, previously linked to the Bybit hack. The investigation involves the United States Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division. Binance estimates the impact at approximately $6.3 billion and has covered 95% of the stolen tokens.
Unconfirmed: The exact breach method and full attribution to specific North Korean group remains under investigation; claims of a specific exploit not confirmed
- FBI observed attackers converting stolen funds primarily into Ethereum
- Investigation involves FBI, Secret Service, and IRS
- Binance initially suggested a compromised DevOps engineer laptop
- Funds drained from wallets across ten blockchains within 20 minutes
- Authorities urge exchanges and DeFi providers to block attacker addresses
Impact: Theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance
- 1.Block transactions involving addresses used by the attackers
- 2.Block transactions derived from those addresses
- Vendors
- Binance
- Threat actors
- North Korean hackers
- Victims
- Binance
- Organizations
- FBIIRSSecret Service
- Countries
- North Korea
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that North Korean hackers stole more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance on or about October 29, 2026. The agency tracks the activity as TraderTraitor, linking the cryptocurrency theft to an operation previously blamed for major attacks against digital asset platforms. In its official security alert, […]
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