The FBI said North Korea was responsible for the theft of about $6.3 billion in digital assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The source gives no unambiguous calendar date for the theft. The FBI calls the activity “TraderTraitor” and said it had most recently observed the stolen assets being converted mostly into Ether. It expects further conversions through DeFi and instant swap services, and urged digital asset service providers to block transactions linked to addresses used to launder the assets.
FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack
- by CoinTelegraph
- 2 hours ago
- Crypto Exchanges, Crypto Security / tag: Binance, Exchange
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