North Korean hackers steal 6.3 billion dollars from Binance exchange

North Korean hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, in 2024. Two security firms, TRM Labs and Elliptic, say the attack was carried out by a group called Lazarus, which works for the North Korean government. The theft took about 20 minutes. The attackers got into Binance's system and moved money across ten different blockchains. Investigators think a hacker got into an employee's laptop first, possibly by sending that person a fake job offer. North Korea is known for training skilled hackers and using them to steal money online. Binance's American branch said its customers were not affected. Binance itself has not said publicly who was responsible for the attack.