The FBI says North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance.

The FBI says North Korea was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance.

The FBI said North Korea was responsible for a large-scale cyber attack on the Binance crypto exchange and the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg reports. The DPRK-affiliated hacker group TraderTraitor converts stolen funds primarily into the Ethereum cryptocurrency.