Binance exchange theft and its laundering

Timeline

1. Nov 2, 2026Crypto

   Binance theft of $6.43 billion is attributed to North Korea as withdrawals reopen

   The FBI blamed North Korea's TraderTraitor group on October 31; Elliptic says $3.24 billion remains in theft-linked addresses and $2.85 billion has been frozen or seized.

2. Nov 4, 2026Crypto

   Binance traces its $6.3 billion theft to a fake job interview and a tampered tool

   Binance's incident report says attackers used a June tool compromise, a September fake recruitment and an internal AI tool to reach engineers who could deploy code to its wallet systems.