Binance Confirms $6.3B Impact in Cyberattack Tied to TraderTraitor Unit
The crypto exchange acknowledged the scale of digital assets affected by the breach as analysts attributed the attack to a North Korean hacking group.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed that digital assets worth approximately $6.3 billion were affected by a cyberattack, according to reports by BBC Türkçe and Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. The Dutch outlet characterized the incident as the largest crypto theft in history.
Concurrently, two analytics firms stated that the breach was carried out by the North Korean cyber unit TraderTraitor, the BBC reported. The identification points directly to the specific group behind the massive intrusion, while investigations into the circumstances remain ongoing and further details have not yet been released.
Sources: BBC Turkce, De Telegraaf
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