No Proof of AI Used in North Korean Transfer of Stolen Binance Funds
Blockchain tracking indicates North Korean hackers moved stolen Binance funds using basic scripts instead of artificial intelligence agents.
No Proof of AI Used in North Korean Transfer of Stolen Binance Funds
Blockchain tracking indicates North Korean hackers moved stolen Binance funds using basic scripts instead of artificial intelligence agents.
Investigation Reveals No AI Agents in Binance Hack
Elliptic tracked thousands of transfers, failed swaps, and repeated transactions following the recent Binance hack. The analysis indicates that the hackers relied on scripts rather than artificial intelligence agents to move the stolen assets.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation officially attributed the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korea-linked hackers. The agency urged cryptocurrency exchanges, decentralized finance platforms, and blockchain service providers to block transactions associated with the stolen funds.
Wallets Receive Unwanted Messages
The 19 wallets holding 18,270 stolen bitcoin have received nothing since Thursday except payments worth under a dollar. Each incoming transaction carried a message, ranging from personal pleas to laundering pitches and token shills.
Blockchain analysis firms Chainalysis and TRM Labs previously linked the breach to TraderTraitor, a unit associated with North Korea. Binance reported that its initial investigation pointed to a compromised engineer laptop that gave an attacker access to a service container.
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