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How North Korea perfected the crypto heist

Axios·October 31, 2026·1 min read
How North Korea perfected the crypto heist

North Korean hackers, allegedly linked to the Lazarus Group, executed a $6.3 billion theft from Binance, with partners freezing at least $3 billion on-chain. They reportedly breached via an engineer's laptop, used a self-destruct mechanism to erase traces, and combined social engineering with speed, raising concerns about AI supercharging such operations.

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