Geopolitics · Monday, 2 November 2026
FBI blames North Korea for record $6.3 billion Binance crypto hack
The FBI said a North Korean state-sponsored group it calls TraderTraitor, linked to the Lazarus Group, stole more than $6.3 billion in digital assets from Binance around 29 October and laundered them into Ethereum, making it the largest crypto theft on record. Binance said it had frozen about 90 percent of the stolen funds and resumed phased customer withdrawals.