FBI confirms North Korea’s role in $6 billion Binance hack, asks DeFi community to block BTC, ETH, SOL addresses
Summary
The FBI has verified that North Korean hackers are behind a massive cryptocurrency theft involving Binance. Authorities are now urging decentralized finance platforms to freeze specific digital asset addresses linked to the incident. Meanwhile, blockchain investigators note that the perpetrators have utilized thousands of wallets to move the stolen funds.
While the FBI listed hundreds of addresses in its notice, Chainalysis said the Binance attackers have already used "thousands addresses," and expects this number to continue growing.
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