GoKawiilDOJ Seizes $1.2B in Crypto Stolen From Binance by North Korean Hackers
U.S. authorities have seized or restrained over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen from Binance's $6 billion October hack, which the FBI attributes to North Korean military-linked hackers known as TraderTraitor. The DOJ also disrupted cloud infrastructure behind a separate deepfake scam called FaceStealer, which stole more than $400 million over 18 months using AI-generated video impersonations.