Hackerangriff: FBI: Nordkoreanische Hacker stecken hinter milliardenschwerem Krypto-Diebstahl
Der US-Bundespolizei zufolge soll die Gruppe TraderTraitor hinter dem weltweit größten digitalen Raubzug stecken. Binance will wieder mit Auszahlungen starten.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has linked a billion-dollar cyber attack on the largest digital currency exchange, Binance, to North Korean hackers, according to recent reports. The FBI attributed the attack to a group called TraderTraitor, a claim previously made by the analysis firm TRM Labs. The FBI advised businesses to block transactions from specific addresses to prevent the thieves from washing the stolen assets.
The theft amounted to more than six billion dollars, and Binance temporarily halted all deposits and withdrawals. However, the exchange later stated that it would cover 90 percent of the stolen amount through its own purchases, including redemption transactions. Binance expects normal withdrawals to resume by Sunday. According to TRM Labs, the attackers moved most of the $6.36 billion within 20 minutes, making it the largest exchange heist on record.
Previous attacks on smaller exchanges, such as Bybit in early 2025, were also attributed to the North Korean hacker group.
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