Afghanistan, Nov. 1 -- The FBI has blamed North Korea for a cyberattack on cryptocurrency exchange Binance that resulted in the theft of approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets, while the exchange says it has replaced about 90% of the stolen funds.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Saturday, October 31, that North Korea was responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance on or around October 29. The agency identified the operation as the work of a North Korean-linked hacking group known as TraderTraitor.
In a cyber alert, the FBI said it had observed the attackers converting the stolen assets primarily into Ethereum, a move that could facilitate further laundering through decentralised fi...