FBI: North Korea Responsible for Over $6 Billion in Stolen Funds from Binance
Original headlineFBI：朝鲜对 Binance 超 60 亿美元被盗案负责
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FBI, alongside the US Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation, attributed the theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance around October 29 to North Korea, in an alert issued November 1 under the "TraderTraitor" cyber campaign designation. Investigators observed the perpetrators primarily converting the stolen assets into ETH, with further laundering expected through DeFi protocols and instant swap services. The agencies called on node operators, instant exchangers, DeFi services, and other virtual asset service providers to block and report transactions involving the listed addresses. The attribution marks one of the largest exchange thefts tied to North Korean state-linked actors, raising counterparty and compliance risk across DeFi and swap platforms that may touch the funds. Watch for follow-on alerts updating the tainted address list and potential movement of the ETH through mixers, cross-chain bridges, and instant swap services.
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