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FBI Names North Korea as the Thief but Binance Still Cannot Explain the Theft

The FBI has formally named North Korea for the US$6.3 billion Binance theft, the largest in history, confirming an attribution the tradecraft already pointed to. One question is answered. How the attacker turned Binance’s own signing systems against it is not.

Tomorrow’s Encryption Is Already Protecting North Korean Malware

NIST built ML-KEM to protect the world’s data from a future quantum computer. North Korea’s Lazarus found an advantage in the present, running the same post-quantum mathematics inside operational malware before most enterprises have migrated. The standard did not fail. It worked for the wrong side.

North Korea Drained Binance of US$6.3 Billion in a Mere Twenty Minutes

North Korea stole US$6.3 billion from Binance in roughly twenty minutes, the largest cryptocurrency theft in history. No private key had to leak. The attacker seized the machinery turning Binance’s intent into valid signatures, and ten blockchains moved as one.

How VOODOO BEAR Wiped a Grain Firm Using Microsoft Tools

A Russia-aligned group held a Ukrainian grain company for weeks, then handed it to VOODOO BEAR for the wipe. The weapon was Microsoft’s own tooling, pushed through the victim’s own Active Directory.