FBI Links North Korea's TraderTraitor to Record $6.43 Billion Binance Crypto Heist

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has officially attributed the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-aligned elite hacking group also tracked as Jade Sleet, Pressure Chollima, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces, and UNC4899. The FBI, along with the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), said it…

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  1. The Hacker News ↗Established SourceFirst reported

    2026-11-01 06:44 UTC

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