Binance hack spotlights North Korea’s multibillion-dollar crypto theft operation - NBC News

Researchers suspect hackers working for North Korea may have pulled off the massive Binance crypto theft. The hackers likely followed a familiar playbook: Instead of trying to break the cryptography protecting digital wallets, they went after the people and computer systems that control them.

Previous attacks show how the group exploited employees and software providers to steal giant sums. The theft of more than $6 billion from the cryptocurrency exchange spotlights North Korea's multibillion-dollar crypto theft operation.