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Who Is TraderTraitor? The North Korean Hackers Blamed for the Binance Heist

Who Is TraderTraitor? The North Korean Hackers Blamed for the Binance Heist

Photo: CoinCentral

TLDR Binance lost $6.3 billion last week in the largest crypto theft on record, and the FBI blames North Korea. Blockchain firms link the attack to TraderTraitor, a unit that began its Binance attack with a fake job interview. Reuters reports North Korea picks about 150 to 200 children a year to study computer science. Successful hackers can earn perks such as apartments in Pyongyang, according to defectors and analysts. Pyongyang denies involvement, and Kim Yo Jong called the FBI finding “absurd rhetoric.” Binance lost $6.3 billion in a theft last week. It is the largest crypto heist in history.

Source: CoinCentral

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