WAPO · 2026-11-12 23:52 UTC

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

The FBI said it has seized or restrained more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency stolen from Binance last month. The theft of about $6.3 billion from Binance is described as the biggest crypto heist in history, which the FBI has attributed to North Korean group TraderTraitor. Separately, the FBI blamed North Korea for a social engineering scheme called FaceStealer that stole $400 million in crypto over 18 months.

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