FBI blames North Korea for record $6.3bn crypto heist
- Crypto firm Binance says it has covered 90 percent of losses from the multibillion-dollar hack.
- The FBI has linked North Korea to the theft of a record $6.3bn in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
- Malicious actors from North Korea were observed laundering the stolen assets by converting them primarily into the cryptocurrency Ethereum, the FBI said in a statement on Saturday.
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- Crypto firm Binance says it has covered 90 percent of losses from the multibillion-dollar hack.
- The FBI has linked North Korea to the theft of a record $6.3bn in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
- Malicious actors from North Korea were observed laundering the stolen assets by converting them primarily into the cryptocurrency Ethereum, the FBI said in a statement on Saturday.
Sources: Al Jazeera