North Korea-linked hackers infiltrated Binance for months before $6.3B breach, FBI points to TraderTraitor
Binance says the intruders used a fake job interview and an internal AI tool, and the FBI has attributed the record theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, which Pyongyang denies.
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- FinanceFeedsFBI Ties $6.3B Binance Hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor
- The Crypto TimesTop 10 Biggest Crypto Hacks: Binance’s $6.3B Theft Leads
- YahooNorth Korea-linked group steals $6.3B from Binance in largest-ever cryptocurrency hack