FBI bestätigt: Nordkorea steckt hinter milliardenschwerem Krypto-Diebstahl bei Binance
Die bisher grösste Hackerattacke auf eine Börse für Digitalwährungen geht auf das Konto der Hackergruppe «TraderTraitor» aus Nordkorea. Binance kündigt an, den Grossteil des Schadens selbst tragen zu wollen.
The FBI has confirmed that North Korea orchestrated the $6.36 billion crypto heist at Binance, the world's largest digital currency exchange. According to the agency, the attack was carried out by a North Korean hacker group known as "TraderTraitor." TRM Labs had previously attributed the incident to this group. The FBI has advised companies to block transactions from specific addresses to prevent the group from washing the stolen assets.
Binance plans to cover most of the loss itself, freezing 90% of the stolen funds through internal redemptions. The attacker moved the majority of the money within 20 minutes, marking the largest-ever cyberattack on a digital currency exchange. This incident ranks among the most severe in recent history, with the previous largest theft occurring in early 2025, where $1.5 billion worth of digital currency was stolen from the Binance exchange Bybit.
Much of the stolen money was frozen by the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The crypto industry has had a disastrous year, with prices plummeting and many leaders falling from grace. Now, there is a visit planned to the world's biggest crypto conference in a luxury hotel in St. Moritz. Under Donald Trump's second term, the lines between private and public interests are becoming increasingly blurred, with his family amassing hundreds of millions in wealth, partly due to Gulf monarchies.
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