U.S. DOJ seizes $1.2B in crypto stolen from Binance by North Korea-linked hackers

Briefing by News4U · First published 2026-11-13 00:36:06 UTC

The U.S. Department of Justice obtained court authorization to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion stolen in the October 29 Binance heist attributed to North Korea-linked TraderTraitor, and to take down cloud infrastructure used in the FaceStealer social-engineering scheme that has stolen over $400 million in the past 18 months, the FBI said Thursday. [1] [2]

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1. North Korea's Binance hack faces U.S. crackdown as DOJ targets $1.2 billion in stolen crypto

   CoinDesk · 2026-11-12 22:55:52 UTC · Summary only

2. DOJ takes aim at $1.2B in Binance loot as FBI disrupts North Korean scam

   The Register · 2026-11-12 23:51:00 UTC · Excerpt

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