FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers

What happened: The FBI attributed the $6.3 billion theft from Binance to North Korean hackers, naming the Lazarus-linked TraderTraitor operation for the October 29 attack. Key numbers: $6.3 billion stolen; TRM Labs says most of a $6.36 billion haul moved in about 20 minutes; Elliptic puts the total near $6.43 billion and says $2.85 billion is frozen or Why it matters: The FBI published wallet addresses and urged exchanges and analytics firms to block transactions, while investigators expect the hackers to swap funds for Ethereum and move them through DeFi platforms to obscure the trail. Coverage: 10 outlets in 24h

The FBI attributed the $6.3 billion theft from Binance to North Korean hackers, naming the Lazarus-linked TraderTraitor operation for the October 29 attack.

The FBI published wallet addresses and urged exchanges and analytics firms to block transactions, while investigators expect the hackers to swap funds for Ethereum and move them through DeFi platforms to obscure the trail.