More crypto thefts follow the record Binance hack

Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool to steal US$6.3 billion. The FBI attributes the theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor group; North Korea denies it.

Stolen from an EU entity

106 US$ million

An unnamed European Union entity lost more than US$106 million from exchange accounts on Sunday, an onchain investigator said. He said the attacker is not the Lazarus Group.

Other incidents this week

• Mercado Bitcoin: suspected US$40M hack
• EU entity: US$106M stolen
• THORChain: swaps paused on 10 networks

Brazil's Mercado Bitcoin suspended withdrawals after a suspected US$40 million hack. THORChain paused swaps on 10 networks after a technical error.