The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has linked the theft of $6.43 billion in virtual assets from Binance to TraderTraitor, a hacking group associated with North Korea. The group is also tracked under the names Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces and UNC4899.
The attribution was issued by the FBI together with the U.S. Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division. The agencies identified TraderTraitor as an elite North Korea-aligned operation responsible for the record cryptocurrency theft.
The FBI described the stolen amount as exceeding $6 billion in virtual assets. The available information does not provide further details about the attack or the agencies’ assessment of how the funds were handled.
Sources: The Hacker News.