FBI: North Korea is responsible for the theft of over 6 billion USD from Binance

According to a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), North Korea is responsible for the theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets that occurred around October 29 involving Binance. The FBI has referred to the related cyber activities as TraderTraitor.

The FBI stated that it, along with the United States Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, has observed that the individuals involved primarily exchanged the stolen assets for ETH, and it is expected that further money laundering will occur through DeFi and instant exchange services.

The three agencies have called on node operators, instant exchange platforms, DeFi services, and other virtual asset service providers to intercept and report transactions related to or originating from the addresses listed in the report.