Per l'Fbi c'è la Corea del Nord dietro l'attacco hacker a Binance
What happened
The FBI says North Korea stole more than $6 billion in digital assets from the crypto exchange Binance, pointing to the hacking group TraderTraitor.
In a statement, the bureau said the theft took place around 29 October and that the thieves are converting the loot mainly into Ethereum.
The FBI expects the funds to be laundered further through decentralised finance and instant-swap services, and urged private firms to block transactions linked to the hackers' addresses.
Binance, which resumed withdrawals on Sunday, has said it will cover the losses in full and has set aside more than $6.34 billion of its own funds.
U.S. President Donald Trump questioned North Korea's role, saying officials are still gathering information.
Binance's preliminary findings suggest the attackers compromised an operations engineer's laptop and used it to reach a system and make unauthorised withdrawals; the company says it froze about $3 billion with industry partners.
“We don't know if it's North Korea”
El Universo · translated
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Open on the live globe →Who reported it
- 2026-10-31 22:12 UTCANSA · ansa.it ↗
- 2026-11-01 02:30 UTCLe Monde · lemonde.fr ↗
- 2026-11-01 13:09 UTCEl Universo · eluniverso.com ↗
- 2026-11-01 19:57 UTCEl Nacional · elnacional.com ↗
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