Covered by 2 outlets — first reported by SecurityWeek, Oct 30, 08:16 UTC
$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor
Summary
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned hacking group also tracked as Jade Sleet and UNC4899. The Hacker News puts the record theft at $6.43 billion. SecurityWeek reports that blockchain analysts had earlier linked the theft to North Korean hackers, while Binance was investigating a possibly compromised engineer laptop.
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2 outlets, in the order they reported it.
SecurityWeekFirst report
$6 Billion Binance Hack Bears Hallmarks of North Korea’s TraderTraitor
Blockchain analysts link the record crypto theft to North Korean hackers, as Binance probes a possibly compromised engineer laptop.
The Hacker News
FBI Links North Korea's TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned elite hacking group also tracked as Jade Sleet, Pressure…