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TraderTraitor, the North Korean Unit Blamed for Binance's $6.3 Billion Theft, Wins Through Fake Job Offers
Nov 5, 2026•Crime

TraderTraitor, the North Korean Unit Blamed for Binance's $6.3 Billion Theft, Wins Through Fake Job Offers

The FBI and two analytics firms attribute Binance's $6.3 billion theft to TraderTraitor, a North Korean unit that favors fake recruiters and trust over technical brilliance.

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Canadian Charged With Turning U.S. University Networks Into Hidden Crypto Miners Is Extradited to New York

Canadian Charged With Turning U.S. University Networks Into Hidden Crypto Miners Is Extradited to New York

Nov 5, 2026•Crime
Binance Pulls Every SignalPlus API Key a Week After Its Record Theft, Citing a Partner's Security Alert

Binance Pulls Every SignalPlus API Key a Week After Its Record Theft, Citing a Partner's Security Alert

Nov 5, 2026•Crime
Mercado Bitcoin's Thieves Kept Draining Wallets for Four Hours After the Exchange Called the Breach Contained

Mercado Bitcoin's Thieves Kept Draining Wallets for Four Hours After the Exchange Called the Breach Contained

Nov 5, 2026•Crime
A Sell-Hook Flaw Let One Attacker Empty a TENDRIL Pool of About $555,000 in USDT

A Sell-Hook Flaw Let One Attacker Empty a TENDRIL Pool of About $555,000 in USDT

Nov 5, 2026•Crime
Polygon Is Asked to Rewrite Five Wallet Balances to Return 70 Million Stolen POL to Binance and Polymarket

Polygon Is Asked to Rewrite Five Wallet Balances to Return 70 Million Stolen POL to Binance and Polymarket

Nov 5, 2026•Crime
Coinbase Details Its Defenses, Saying Nearly All Customer Crypto Sits Offline After Binance Theft

Coinbase Details Its Defenses, Saying Nearly All Customer Crypto Sits Offline After Binance Theft

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
Binance Thieves Turn to THORChain, Trading Ether for Bitcoin Beyond Any Issuer's Reach

Binance Thieves Turn to THORChain, Trading Ether for Bitcoin Beyond Any Issuer's Reach

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
Four-Fifths of the Solana Taken in the Binance Hack Has Left Its First Wallets

Four-Fifths of the Solana Taken in the Binance Hack Has Left Its First Wallets

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
A French Cooperative Bank Is Named as the Victim of a Theft That Has Passed $133 Million

A French Cooperative Bank Is Named as the Victim of a Theft That Has Passed $133 Million

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
Bybit's Ben Zhou Tells Rivals to Plan for the Breach, Citing His Own $1.5 Billion Loss

Bybit's Ben Zhou Tells Rivals to Plan for the Breach, Citing His Own $1.5 Billion Loss

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
A One-Day Waiting Period for Billion-Dollar Transfers: Austin Campbell's Answer to the Binance Theft

A One-Day Waiting Period for Billion-Dollar Transfers: Austin Campbell's Answer to the Binance Theft

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
Half of Binance's Emergency Bitcoin Reserve Left in One Day, and Now It Is on the Move Again

Half of Binance's Emergency Bitcoin Reserve Left in One Day, and Now It Is on the Move Again

Nov 4, 2026•Crime
THORChain Switches Swaps Back On While an Analyst Warns of North Korean Laundering

THORChain Switches Swaps Back On While an Analyst Warns of North Korean Laundering

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Supermarket Cooling Systems in Ten European Countries Are Being Forced to Heat Up

Supermarket Cooling Systems in Ten European Countries Are Being Forced to Heat Up

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Documentation Platform Used by Crypto Teams Locks Down After Attacker Reaches Its Credentials

Documentation Platform Used by Crypto Teams Locks Down After Attacker Reaches Its Credentials

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Mercado Bitcoin Says Users Will Not Bear the Cost of a Hack Estimated at $38 Million to $49 Million

Mercado Bitcoin Says Users Will Not Bear the Cost of a Hack Estimated at $38 Million to $49 Million

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
From Fake Résumés to Poisoned Code: The Playbook North Korean Hackers Used Against Crypto Firms

From Fake Résumés to Poisoned Code: The Playbook North Korean Hackers Used Against Crypto Firms

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Zhao Says Defenders Must Fight AI With AI After the Binance Theft, but Offers No Proof AI Was Used

Zhao Says Defenders Must Fight AI With AI After the Binance Theft, but Offers No Proof AI Was Used

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
A Fake Recruiter, a Coding Test and an Ethereum Permission Trick Opened Binance to a $6.3 Billion Theft

A Fake Recruiter, a Coding Test and an Ethereum Permission Trick Opened Binance to a $6.3 Billion Theft

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Liquid's Bitcoin Reserves Are Whole Again, but Nobody Has Said Who Paid the Final Shortfall

Liquid's Bitcoin Reserves Are Whole Again, but Nobody Has Said Who Paid the Final Shortfall

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Binance Lets Customers Check Their Own Balances Against a New Cryptographic Reserve Audit

Binance Lets Customers Check Their Own Balances Against a New Cryptographic Reserve Audit

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Pyongyang Answers the FBI by Pointing at Washington's Crypto Reserve

Pyongyang Answers the FBI by Pointing at Washington's Crypto Reserve

Nov 3, 2026•Crime
Trade.xyz Restores Its Docs After Unauthorized Activity and Warns Traders Off Every Link

Trade.xyz Restores Its Docs After Unauthorized Activity and Warns Traders Off Every Link

Nov 2, 2026•Crime
Investigator Traces a Suspected $106 Million Exchange Theft From an EU Entity Toward Monero

Investigator Traces a Suspected $106 Million Exchange Theft From an EU Entity Toward Monero

Nov 2, 2026•Crime

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