North Korea’s TraderTraitor linked to $6.3B Binance hack
Summary
TRM Labs, Chainalysis and investigator ZachXBT linked the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group. ZachXBT cited stolen funds from Binance and an earlier Bitget exploit being commingled after passing through THORChain, while Chainalysis assessed the theft at $6.4 billion. The attribution follows reports of similarities to North Korean operations. US authorities have previously linked TraderTraitor to major crypto thefts, including the 2025 Bybit hack and the 2024 DMM Bitcoin theft. The FBI says the group targets company employees through social engineering.
