THE INDEPENDENT · 2026-10-31 23:07 UTC

FBI blames North Korea for stolen billions from Binance in biggest hack in history

FBI attributes billions of dollars stolen from Binance in minutes to North Korean hackers known as TraderTraitor, the same group behind a $1.5 billion Bybit hack last year. The theft on Thursday involved $6.3 billion in bitcoin and other digital currencies from the world's largest crypto exchange. Binance said it has sufficient reserves to cover 90% of missing assets and promised full customer reimbursement; FBI is asking exchanges and analytics firms to block related transactions.

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