FBI blames North Korea for $6.3 billion crypto theft

In the statement made by the FBI, it was stated that it was assessed that North Korea was behind the theft on October 29 and that the cyber activity in question was linked to an entity known as "TraderTraitor".

In the statement, it was noted that within the scope of the FBI's work with the US Secret Service and the Criminal Investigations Unit of the Internal Revenue Service, it was observed that the attackers mainly converted the stolen assets into Ethereum (ETH).

The FBI called on private organizations in the cryptocurrency industry to block transactions made with or originating from addresses linked to TraderTraitor.

Binance announced that it was investigating reports of a possible security issue and that user funds were safe.

The company later reported that the estimated size of the security breach was $6.3 billion and that approximately $3 billion in assets were frozen.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)