FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers
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- The FBI has claimed that North Korean hackers are responsible for a $6.3 billion Binance crypto heist, with the exchange working to replace the stolen funds as customers withdraw billions and hackers launder the stolen cryptocurrency.
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Part of The Binance crypto heist investigation
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FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers
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FBI pins $6.3B Binance crypto heist on North Korean hackers
- ProbableSummary fact75% confidence
Exchange scrambles to replace stolen funds as customers withdraw billions and hackers get busy laundering their haul