WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — FBI ne Binance se 6 arab dollar se zyada ki cryptocurrency ki chori ka baqayda ilzam North Korea par laga diya hai, jo ab tak record ki sab se bari crypto chori hai. FBI ne exchanges aur blockchain services se apeel ki hai ke chori ki gayi raqam freeze kar dein, kyunke Pyongyang ke hackers use launder karne mein tezi dikha rahe hain.
Hafta ko jari kiye gaye alert mein bureau ne kaha ke Democratic People's Republic of Korea is exchange se 6 arab dollar se zyada ke virtual assets ki chori ka zimmedar hai, "29 October 2026 ko ya us ke aas paas". Is ne hamle ka ilzam North Korea ke us giroh par lagaya jise woh TraderTraitor kehta hai. Yeh wahi unit hai jo February 2025 mein Bybit exchange se 1 arab 50 crore dollar ki chori ke pichhe thi.
FBI ne kaha ke US Secret Service aur Internal Revenue Service ke criminal investigation unit ke saath mil kar kaam karte hue us ne dekha hai ke hackers chori shuda assets ko zyada tar Ether mein tabdeel kar rahe hain. FBI ko tawaqqo hai ke woh laundering ke aglay marahil mein raqam decentralised finance platforms aur instant swap services ke zariye muntaqil karenge.
Is ne THORChain node operators, RPC node operators, instant exchanges, DeFi services, blockchain analytics firms aur doosre virtual asset providers se apeel ki ke woh un addresses ke saath ya un se nikli hui transactions block kar dein jo hackers istemal kar rahe hain. Is ne 100 se zyada Ethereum addresses bhi shaya kiye jin ke bare mein us ka kehna hai ke un mein chori shuda raqam maujood hai ya maujood rahi hai. "FBI North Korea ki ghair qanooni cybercrime aur virtual asset chori ki sargarmiyon ki nishandehi karne, un ke asraat mein kami lane aur unhein darham barham karne ke zariye virtual asset community ke tahaffuz ke apne azm par qaim hai," alert mein kaha gaya.
Binance ne Hafta ko kaha ke us ne chori shuda raqam ka 90% hissa apne reserves se poora kar diya tha aur Itwar ko withdrawals dobara kholne ka mansooba hai, aur chori shuda assets mein se taqreeban 3 arab dollar qanoon nafiz karne wale idaron aur partners ki madad se freeze kar diye gaye hain. Exchange ne pehle breach ka suraag aik aise engineer ke laptop tak lagaya jo compromise ho chuka tha, phir us ne "breach ke mazeed points" daryaft kiye.
North Korea par barson se ilzam lagaya jata raha hai ke woh bain-ul-aqwami pabandiyon ki khilaf warzi karte hue apne hathiyaron ke programs ki funding ke liye cyber chori istemal karta hai, jis mein hacker units apni behtareen jamiaat se bharti ki jati hain aur unhein jasoosi idara Reconnaissance General Bureau chalata hai.
