FBI Attributes $6.3 Billion Binance Heist to North Korea as Pyongyang Denies Involvement
2026-11-04 • Poly Swarm •
PolySwarm reviews the October 2026 theft of approximately $6.36 billion from Binance, which the FBI and TRM Labs attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor activity. The analysis describes coordinated transfers across ten blockchains and assessed compromise of transaction-authorization capabilities, including Ethereum EIP-7702 abuse; it notes that the initial-access method remains unconfirmed. Pyongyang rejected the attribution, while the article reports that some assets were frozen and laundering of the remainder continued.
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