FBI links $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist to North Korean hackers
The FBI has confirmed that North Korean state-sponsored hackers known as TraderTraitor were behind the $6.3 billion crypto-theft attack on Binance,…
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| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.77 | +0.271 40% | 3 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Ars Technica, BleepingComputer, Tom's Hardware and The Verge. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.85 | +0.212 32% | Ars Technica is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
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| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.93 | +0.187 28% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
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Binance reported that thieves stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from the platform in what appears to be the largest crypto hack on record. The exchange stated that user funds remain secure and that it will cover losses from the theft. Stablecoin networks have moved to freeze approximately $2.4 billion in stolen assets.
Binance halted withdrawals following the breach. Around $3 billion of the affected assets have been recovered or frozen according to the platform's updates. The company emphasized that customer holdings are protected despite the scale of the incident.
The hack has been linked to North Korea, according to reports. Binance is working to contain the situation as various networks coordinate efforts to prevent the stolen funds from being moved or used.
What happened
The FBI has confirmed that North Korean state-sponsored hackers known as TraderTraitor were behind the $6.3 billion crypto-theft attack on Binance, making it the largest cryptocurrency heist on record. Binance scrambles to freeze billions after record-breaking hack linked to North Korea. Binance withdrawals frozen after thieves run off with $5.6 billion in crypto — firm says it will cover losses as stablecoin networks move to freeze $2.4b in stolen assets
How this story arrived
Ordered by when each source was first observed, which is what the velocity figure is computed from. Publishers backdate; observed order does not.
- 01 Tomshardware first seen Suspected North Korean hackers steal $5.6 billion in crypto in record-breaking cryptocurrenc
- 02 Theverge +0m Binance hackers stole $6.3 billion in record-breaking crypto heist
- 03 Arstechnica +2.9h Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist
- 04 Bleepingcomputer +56.9h FBI links $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist to North Korean hackers
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