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- Trump Calls Digital Money 'A Little Bit Dangerous' After Binance Hack
Trump said he did not know whether North Korea was behind the attack. Binance put the token losses at about $6.3 billion.
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- Trump Says Investigators Are Probing North Korea Link to Binance Hack
Earlier blockchain analysis pointed to the Lazarus group and traced stolen TRX through a bridge in Bitget Wallet.
· Technology
- Trump Says U.S. Is Investigating North Korea’s Role in Binance Theft
Trump declined to confirm North Korean responsibility. Chainalysis and TRM Labs have attributed the attack to North Korea-linked group TraderTraitor.
· Technology
- Suspected North Korea-Linked Hacks Account for 89% of 2026 Crypto Hack Losses
From 2021 through Oct. 29, 2026, suspected North Korea-linked hacks accounted for $13.24 billion of $22.34 billion in reported crypto hack losses.
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- Elliptic Says $6.43 Billion in Crypto Was Stolen From Binance
Elliptic put the frozen share at $2.84 billion, or 44%, and said it believes North Korea-linked actors were involved.
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- Microsoft Finds North Korean Group Made 100+ PDF Decoys With AI
Three of the eight groups Microsoft assessed ranked in its highest AI-use tier. Some batches of tailored documents were produced within minutes.
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- Microsoft Identifies AI Use Across Eight North Korean Hacker Groups
The assessment describes AI-assisted code work, job-themed targeting and live use of a penetration-testing framework.
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- Chainalysis Ties $6.4 Billion Binance Hack to North Korea
Binance estimates the impact at $6.3 billion, says about $3 billion is frozen onchain and has kept withdrawals suspended.
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- ZachXBT Suspects North Korea’s Lazarus Group Behind Binance Attack
Binance estimates the incident's impact at about $6.3 billion and says a compromised DevOps engineer laptop may have been involved.
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- U.S. Treasury Sanctions 11 Over North Korean Crypto Laundering Network
The targets include two Russian nationals, a Russia-based company controlled by North Korea and six affiliated IT workers.
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- U.S. Sanctions 10 People and Russia-Based Entity Over North Korean IT Scheme
Six North Korean IT workers operating in Russia generated more than $750,000 for the North Korean-controlled center, OFAC said.
· Regulation
- Binance Says It Stopped North Korea-Linked Threats Without System Damage or Asset Losses
The exchange said the threats were stopped during the previous week and warned that the “Contagious Interview” social engineering campaign remains active.
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- OpenSourceMalware Flags Private Repositories in Crypto Hiring
A `.npmrc` file can route package installation to a specified external registry, where malicious code may run.
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- ZachXBT Ties Suspected $2.84 Million BNB Chain Theft to SquidSquad
The funds moved through Tornado Cash, Ethereum and Tron before reaching Chinese OTC traders.
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- U.S. Arrests Two in Alleged $3 Million North Korean IT Fraud Scheme
The indictment alleges stolen identities, U.S.-based laptop farms and cryptocurrency transfers were used to move earnings overseas.
· Regulation
- DOJ Announces Two Arrests in North Korean Laptop-Worker Scheme
Prosecutors allege the scheme affected more than 70 U.S. employers and generated about $3 million through cryptocurrency transfers.
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- Bybit Theft Shows Crypto Moves Faster Than It Converts to Fiat
North Korean actors dispersed about $1.5 billion across thousands of addresses after the Feb. 21, 2025, theft, complicating efforts to freeze or recover the assets.
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- North Korea-Linked Theft Figures Fall Short of $7.8 Billion Claim
Publicly confirmed U.S. attributions exceed $3.1 billion, while a broader estimate reaches $6.75 billion through 2025. Adding the estimated Bitget loss produces about $7.10 billion.
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- TJWG Says North Korean Crypto Hacker Was Repatriated in a Body Cast
Pae Yong-ju was detained in China after trying to reach South Korea and returned to Pyongyang in August 2023, the group said.
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- Putin Raises Russia’s Military Personnel Cap as Zelenskyy Warns of More North Korean Deployments
Russia will raise its armed forces to 2,441,630 personnel, including 1,550,500 active servicemen, as the Ukraine war enters another winter.
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- ZachXBT Says $387 Million Stolen From Bitget Is Being Routed Through Mixers
The funds are moving through cross-chain bridges and mixer services, while an operator known as Alias 4 is tied to earlier laundering activity.
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- ZachXBT Seeks Help Tracing Funds Tied to $387 Million Bitget Attack
The investigator said suspected North Korea-linked launderers are soliciting fund-transfer assistance on Discord and Telegram as assets move across chains.
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- Bitget Detects $357 Million Transfer in Security Incident
Withdrawals were suspended after unauthorized transfers from Bitget wallets. Bitget says its $464 million user protection fund covers the reported loss.
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- Bitget Says $351.6 Million Hack Losses Are Fully Contained
CEO Gracy Chen said a North Korean group was very likely behind the breach, while withdrawals remain suspended during a security review.
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- Bitget Says Hot-Wallet Attack Drained About $351.6 Million
Cold wallets and most platform assets were unaffected, while withdrawals remain suspended during a security review.
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- Bitget CEO Says Withdrawals May Pause Up to Two Days After Attack
Gracy Chen said some attack IP addresses matched VPN patterns linked to a North Korea-related group, though the attackers’ identities remain unconfirmed.
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- Bitget Says North Korean Hackers Not Ruled Out in $351.6M Attack
CEO Gracy Chen said investigators found technical similarities to a North Korean hacking group but have not confirmed who carried out the attack.
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- Bitget CEO Links $351.6M Hack to North Korea via IP Clues
Gracy Chen said preliminary findings showed similarities with past North Korean attacks. Withdrawals remain suspended while investigators assess the breach.
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- WaterPlum Hackers Target 7,000 Crypto Wallets in $10.7M Theft
The campaign infected at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries between December 2025 and July 2026.
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- North Korean Fake-Job Scheme Sent $10.71 Million in Crypto to DPRK
The WaterPlum campaign compromised at least 30,000 devices and exfiltrated funds or credentials from more than 7,000 crypto wallets across over 100 countries.
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- Bybit Files U.S. Lawsuit Against Lazarus Group Over $1.5 Billion Crypto Hack
Bybit filed a U.S. lawsuit against North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to recover funds from a $1.5 billion crypto theft and secured an injunction to freeze stolen assets.
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- North Korea Arrests Military Hackers Over Crypto Laundering Scheme Targeting State Banks
North Korean authorities arrested former military hackers accused of stealing state funds and laundering them عبر cryptocurrency through cross-border networks, highlighting internal enforcement amid ongoing sanctions …
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- North Korean Developers Linked to Crypto Protocols as Market Risk Sentiment Deepens
Reports linking North Korean developers to major crypto protocols emerge as Bitcoin sentiment weakens and geopolitical and macro risks weigh on market confidence.
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