Elliptic
CompanyFacts
- Country
- United KingdomSource: Wikidata
- Founded
- 2013Source: Wikidata
- Official website
- www.elliptic.coSource: Wikidata
Threat actors named alongside
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- Named in breach reports by Help Net SecurityBinance reports record $6.3 billion crypto theft, possibly via compromised DevOps engineer laptop
Recent news
FBI blames North Korean TraderTraitor group for $6.3B Binance crypto theft
Binance attributed the $6.3 billion theft to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which gave attackers access to a withdrawal service container and let them authorise unauthorised withdrawals. The FBI has attributed the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group, linked to Lazarus, and has published wallet addresses tied to the theft. Binance says it has replenished about 95 percent of the stolen assets, resumed withdrawals in phases, and recorded about $3.64 billion in net outflows.
Binance reports record $6.3 billion crypto theft, possibly via compromised DevOps engineer laptop
Binance said an initial investigation points to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop that gave an attacker access to a service container, from which unauthorised withdrawals were submitted. The company found no evidence of a wallet private key leak, and co-CEO Richard Teng said the attack was more complex than one engineer's permissions. TRM Labs and Chainalysis link the theft to TraderTraitor, while Elliptic says about $3.3 billion was moved into assets that cannot be frozen.