FBI seizes tools used by North Korean hackers, freezes $1.2bilion in stolen Binance funds

• The us DoJ said it obtained a court order to "freeze or seize" $1.2 billion out of the $6.7bn stolen from Binance
• It also disrupted the infrastructure used in FaceStealer attacks
• Most of the Binance funds remain unaccounted for

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it was granted court authorization to “seize or restrain” $1.2 billion recently stolen from Binance.

In late October 2026, Binance reported losing $6.7 billion in a highly sophisticated heist that played out over roughly 20 minutes. In the days that followed, we learned that the heist was carried out by TraderTraitor, a subset of the infamous Lazarus Group, notorious North Korean state-sponsored threat actors responsible for some of the biggest crypto robberies to ever happen.

The community rallied around Binance, helping trace the funds and label the attackers’ wallets. Now, US law enforcement says at least part of those funds was seized...

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