Binance Hack Update: North Korea Used Elon Musk’s Face to Launder Money
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group laundered proceeds from the 2022 Binance hack by routing funds through a meme coin themed on Elon Musk, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. The scheme involved swapping stolen crypto into the token and back again to obscure the transaction trail across wallets and exchanges. The Binance hack itself saw roughly $570 million in tokens stolen, a figure that has grown with asset prices since. The finding underscores how meme coins, often dismissed as speculative novelties, can serve as practical mixing tools for state-backed hackers. Investigators will now watch whether Lazarus continues to favor low-liquidity tokens to break on-chain links in future heists.
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Binance, North Korea, Elliptic, Elon Musk