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FBI Links North Korea's TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist

The Hacker News·November 1, 2026·1 min read
FBI Links North Korea's TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist

The FBI attributed the theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-linked hacking group. The FBI, USSS, and IRS-CI coordinated the investigation, which traced the heist to entities known as Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces, and UNC4899.

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