AP · 2026-11-12 23:26 UTC

FBI says US has seized $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen from Binance

The FBI said it seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency stolen from Binance last month, out of over $2.7 billion frozen so far by the US government and private sector. The roughly $6.3 billion Binance theft is considered the biggest crypto heist in history, which the FBI attributes to North Korea's TraderTraitor group. The FBI also blamed North Korea for a separate $400 million crypto theft over 18 months via a social engineering scheme called FaceStealer, which involves hijacked messaging apps and deepfake videos.

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