North Korean Hackers Identified as Key Players in Major Crypto Heists, Including $6.3B Binance Breach

10/31/2026

Blockchain investigation firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis attribute the heist to a North Korean hacking group known as "TraderTraitor," a name used in a 2022 joint warning from the FBI, CISA and US...

10/30/2026

North Korean hackers likely behind the record $6.3 billion theft from cryptocurrency exchange Binance are among the world's most prolific crypto thieves, and the proceeds help fund the country's...

10/30/2026

Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto.

10/30/2026

Cybersecurity experts are pointing the finger at North Korea being behind the $6.3 billion Binance hack.The Hermit Kingdom’s hackers have a distinctive way of operating, and their fingerprints are...

10/30/2026

North Korean hackers were behind a $6.3 billion raid on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to US blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs.

10/30/2026

North Korean hackers were ​behind a $6.3 billion ‌raid on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to ​US blockchain ​analysis firm TRM Labs.

10/30/2026

A North Korea-based cybercrime group appears to be behind a $6.3 billion hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to two blockchain intelligence firms. Both TRM Labs and Chainalysis...

10/30/2026

Two cryptocurrency tracking firms uncover evidence that a North Korean state-sponsored group, TraderTraitor, is behind the $6.3 billion hack of Binance, a crypto exchange.

10/30/2026

Blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs says North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group carried out the $6.36 billion raid, moving funds across 10 blockchains in around 20 minutes

10/30/2026

Binance said it worked with blockchain partners to freeze roughly $3 billion in affected assets. It said Friday that it was beginning to recover assets for users.

10/30/2026

Both firms blame the group behind the Bybit hack, as Binance says it has set aside $6.34 billion of its own funds to cover user losses.

10/30/2026

North Korea’s infamous Lazarus Group is suspected to be behind Thursday’s Binance hack

10/30/2026

It took about 20 minutes for hackers to move billions of dollars out of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. Now, investigators are pointing to a group linked to another...

10/30/2026

10/30/2026

Binance said US$6.3 billion of funds have been impacted in what the industry is describing as crypto’s biggest ever hack.

10/30/2026

The crypto exchange said it was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever. One research lab attributed the theft to "North Korea’s elite hacking unit."

10/30/2026

More than $6 billion in crypto was stolen from Binance, setting off a race to recover the funds before North Korea-linked hackers can launder them into cash.

10/30/2026

It has been described as the biggest hack in history

10/30/2026

President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. "We don’t know," Trump said in the...

10/30/2026

Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.

10/30/2026

North Korean hackers’ attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale

10/30/2026

World's biggest crypto exchange was hit by hackers, thought to be a notorious North Korean group, in the largest ever theft; Binance said $3bn of the affected assets had been frozen