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Sunday 1 November 2026

FBI says North Korea behind US$6bn Binance theft

The FBI says North Korea's TraderTraitor hackers stole more than US$6 billion from Binance on 29 October. It wants 608 Ethereum wallets blocked.

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The J. Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI's headquarters in Washington, DC, a 2026 file photo. Photo: G. Edward Johnson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, modified

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The FBI has made it official. America's federal police say North Korea stole more than US$6 billion from Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, in the largest crypto theft on record.

The J. Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC — The J. Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI's headquarters in Washington, DC, a 2026 file photo. Photo: G. Edward Johnson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0, modified

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