The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, said it would gradually resume withdrawals following the return of 95% of $6.3 billion worth of tokens stolen from its platform in the world's largest digital heist, which FBI links to North Korea. Binance said that the first stage will start on Sunday between 06:00 and 09:00 GMT and will cover bitcoin, ether, BnB, Solana, XRP, dogec…
The FBI said Saturday that a North Korean state-funded group known as TraderTraitor was behind the attack.
Pyongyang has for years denied using state-affiliated cybergroups for espionage, financial theft, and revenue-generating purposes. His office in Geneva and the embassy in China did not respond to requests for comment.
From October 29 to 30, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, was subjected to a cyberattack.
Cryptocurrency market analysts have almost unanimously concluded that hackers from an elite North Korean unit are responsible for the largest cyberattack on the exchange.
The remaining 5% of stolen tokens consist of less liquid assets and may take longer to recover in the required amounts, Binance said Saturday evening in X.
Law enforcement agencies have documented that members of this group have converted stolen assets into Ethereum, the FBI said in a statement, which also noted that it expects “further laundering” of those assets through appropriate technology