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2 November 2026

North Korean hackers suspected of using AI in record Binance theft

First reported

TechRadar ran this on , 3 days before the other 2 sources picked it up.

  • The FBI blamed North Korea-linked group TraderTraitor for stealing over $6bn from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, on or around 29 October.
  • Security experts suspect the hackers used AI to research targets and trick staff, but this has not been confirmed.
  • Separately, Kaspersky found the Lazarus group adding post-quantum encryption to a malware tool, a security measure designed to resist future quantum computers.

Reported by The Next Web, Bloomberg, TechRadar