TREE NEWS update: The FBI said North Korea is responsible for the theft of more than $6 billion in virtual assets from crypto exchange Binance around Oct. 29, calling the campaign “TraderTraitor.” Attackers are mainly converting stolen funds to ETH and are expected to launder them through DeFi and instant-exchange services, the bureau said, urging THORChain node operators, RPC providers, swap platforms and blockchain analytics firms to block transactions tied to hundreds of published ETH, BTC and SOL addresses.
FBI: North Korea Behind Over $6B Binance Hack
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The FBI's formal attribution shifts this from an exchange security incident to a state-linked laundering problem, and the bureau's focus on THORChain nodes, RPC providers and swap platforms shows where the pressure is being applied. That matters most for the DeFi and instant-exchange venues named, which now face a choice between complying with published address lists and preserving permissionless access. Whether those intermediaries actually block the flagged flows, or the funds keep moving through cross-chain routes, is the open question.
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