North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the FBI has confirmed.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing information advising the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion USD in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, on or about October 29, 2026,” the bureau said in an alert published on October 31.
The FBI tied the attack to TraderTraitor, the North Korean group it named in the $1.5 billion Bybit hack of February 2025. Blockchain intelligence firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis were the first to attribute the heist to the group, within a day of the attack.
The FBI’s confirmation came…
