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FBI Blames North Korea for Binance Heist

·Source: Bank Info Security

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Executive Summary

Binance Sees $3.6B in Net Outflows as THORChain Faces FBI Blocking Request The FBI has blamed North Korea's TraderTraitor hackers to the $6 billion-plus Binance theft and asked crypto services to block hundreds of linked ad

Analysis

Binance Sees $3.6B in Net Outflows as THORChain Faces FBI Blocking Request The FBI has blamed North Korea's TraderTraitor hackers to the $6 billion-plus Binance theft and asked crypto services to block hundreds of linked addresses - but the stolen funds are still moving, and customers have pulled billions from the exchange since withdrawals reopened.

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Source Attribution

Originally published by Bank Info Security on Nov 2, 2026.

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