US moves to disrupt North Korean crypto theft, seize $1.2B in Binance funds

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced coordinated actions on Thursday to disrupt North Korea’s record-breaking virtual currency theft, including obtaining court authorization to seize over $1.2 billion stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The actions target two separate operations attributed to North Korean state-sponsored cybercriminals: a social engineering campaign dubbed “FaceStealer” and the theft of […]

Source: NK News