Cybersecurity experts have long warned of the persistent and patient threat from North Korea's long-running hacks. The world's largest crypto exchange was still caught off-guard.
Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.
World’s largest crypto exchange faces fallout from angry customers, and Lula wins with WhatsApp This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here This week in tech, we’re discussing the fallout from the multibillion-dollar hack of Binance and the significance of Lula’s political mobilization on WhatsApp . And if you’ll be at Web Summit in Lisbon next week, drop me a line! I’ll be there moderating panels on open-source AI and human agency in the age of AI agents. Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? Polymarket temporarily suspends trading on international platform due to security incident How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural Computerized clairvoyance: psychics push back against AI-generated readings The staggering $446m Elon Musk has spent on the US midterms – visualized Billionaire tax: how a union leader’s ‘crazy’ idea became the defining issue of California’s midterms How tech became the villain of the US midterms The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax Continue reading...
North Korea rejected US claims that it was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, after the FBI blamed Pyongyang for the biggest crypto heist on record.
Traders have pulled billions from Binance since late last week, when the crypto exchange giant suffered the largest cyber theft in history.
The North Korean group accused of the world’s largest-ever crypto heist is a state-sponsored collective of elite hackers, groomed from an early age to hunt for “big game.” Artificial intelligence has now provided them with a powerful new tool to swell Kim Jong Un’s coffers and fund his military expansion.
Cryptocurrency exchange has begun to allow withdrawals after theft believed to have come from North Korea Investors have pulled $3.6bn (£2.7bn) in funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Binance as it recovers from a record hack in which billions were stolen from customer accounts. The platform was hit by a $6.3bn theft on Thursday, which has since been described as the biggest heist in history. Experts identified North Korea as the probable culprit . Continue reading...
The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th. The FBI labeled the activity "TraderTraitor" and said that it had observed actors it has connected to hack converting the tokens to Ethereum and preparing for further laundering of the funds. The agency offered few other […]
The FBI said that North Korea was responsible for stealing more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency in a brazen hacking attack on Binance.
Bloomberg Senior Editor for Technology and Strategic Industries Mike Shepard tells Bloomberg This Weekend that disappointing Big Tech earnings are intensifying investor concerns about whether massive AI spending will generate sufficient returns, as Alphabet and Intel come under particular pressure. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Lisa Mateo, Shepard also discusses the record $6.3 billion Binance hack and the possibility that North Korean hackers were responsible. (Source: Bloomberg)
More than $6 billion in crypto was stolen from Binance, setting off a race to recover the funds before North Korea-linked hackers can launder them into cash.
The record-setting $6.3 billion hack of Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has been blamed on alleged North Korean hackers, who have become infamous for preying on the digital-asset industry.
Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto.
Binance scrambles to freeze billions after record-breaking hack linked to North Korea.
Multiple crypto-tracing firms say notorious North Korean hackers TraderTraitor may be behind the largest digital heist in history—with billions of crypto likely gone for good.
A fire at a national lab in South Carolina that is on a site that once made key parts for nuclear bombs has triggered an emergency response that shut down incoming traffic and restricted air and rail service in the area
As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.
