FBI Pins $6 Billion Binance Theft on North Korea’s TraderTraitor, Publishes Hacker Wallet List
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The FBI, Secret Service and IRS-CI want node operators, exchanges and DeFi platforms to cut off the wallets, as Chainalysis tracks the laundering onto new blockchains. The FBI formally attributed the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance to North Korea in an alert dated Oct. 31, saying hackers it tracks as TraderTraitor carried out the attack on or about Oct. 29. According to the alert, the bureau, the U.S. Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation have watched the hackers turn stolen assets mostly into ether , and expect them to keep laundering through DeFi and instant swap services.
Source: Unchained
