$6.3 billion were stolen form the world’s largest crypto exchange last month

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Thursday that US authorities had seized or secured court authorisation to seize more than $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency stolen last month from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The recovery forms part of a wider effort by US authorities and private-sector companies to track down funds taken in what is regarded as the biggest cryptocurrency heist in history.The October theft involved approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets and has been attributed by the FBI to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking group. The US government and private-sector partners have so far managed to freeze…