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lazarus group
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FBI pins $6B Binance hack on North Korea's TraderTraitor, asks DeFi to block addresses
The FBI has attributed last week's roughly $6 billion Binance theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor group and is asking DeFi operators to blacklist hundreds of laundering addresses, as Binance says it has replaced 90% of the stolen funds.
ZachXBT says he paid $350K into a North Korea-linked laundering ring to trace it from the inside
On-chain investigator ZachXBT says he sent $349,700 of his own money to a Chinese syndicate laundering for North Korea, posing as a client to trace Bybit hack proceeds and trigger freezes.
Bitget says ~$352M stolen in suspected North Korean hack; withdrawals paused
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says North Korea's Lazarus Group likely stole roughly $352 million from the exchange's hot and warm wallets, with withdrawals paused and most losses covered by a protection fund.