{
  "id": 19832279,
  "title": "US obtains court approval to seize, restrain over $1.2 bil. stolen in NK Binance theft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/us-obtains-court-approval-to-seize-restrain-over-1-2-bil-stolen-in-nk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T16:32:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261114/us-obtains-court-approval-to-seize-restrain-over-12-bil-stolen-in-nk-binance-theft"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. Justice Department has obtained court authorization to seize or restrain over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency that was allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers from the crypto exchange Binance. This is part of more than $2.7 billion in assets that have been frozen by U.S. authorities and private-sector partners following the theft of over $6 billion in virtual assets from Binance. The hackers, identified as the group TraderTraitor by the FBI, are continuing to launder the stolen assets through cryptocurrency bridges, mixers, and exchanges, while U.S. authorities work to trace and recover the funds. North Korea's government relies on cryptocurrency theft to fund its rogue regime and illicit weapons program, according to M. Scott Proctor, principal deputy assistant attorney general for national security.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "U.S. obtains court approval to seize, restrain over US$1.2 bln stolen in N.K. Binance theft",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/u-s-obtains-court-approval-to-seize-restrain-over-us-1-2-bln-stolen",
        "published": "2026-11-13T13:58:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}