India, Oct. 30 -- North Korean hackers were behind the $6.3 billion Binance crypto theft, US blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs said on October 30. They attributed the attack to TraderTraitor, North Korea's elite hacking unit.

In a blog post, TRM said, "An attacker moved approximately $6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes," adding, "TRM attributes the attack to TraderTraitor, North Korea's elite hacking unit, based on robust on and off-chain intelligence. We make this judgment with high confidence."

This is the largest crypto theft on record, with the $1.5 billion stolen in the Bybit hack in February 2025, coming in second place. Binance, in its latest statement, had noted that the hack l...