Federal authorities say they've taken infrastructure used in the FaceStealer scheme used to steal as much as $400 million in crypto assets.
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Federal authorities say they've taken infrastructure used in the FaceStealer scheme used to steal as much as $400 million in crypto assets.
Federal authorities say they've taken infrastructure used in the FaceStealer scheme used to steal as much as $400 million in crypto assets. The Justice Department says it’s joined with the two biggest stablecoin issuers in efforts to secure almost half the money stolen when hackers absconded with more than $6 billion from the Binance crypto exchange.
CoinDesk reported the story as "North Korea's Binance hack faces U.S. crackdown as DOJ targets $1.2 billion in stolen crypto."
2 sources have covered this story, including CoinDesk and Bloomberg. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 hour ago.
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- FirstBloombergNov 12, 4:40 PM ET · United StatesCenter
- +1h 16mCoinDeskNov 12, 5:55 PM ET · United StatesCenter
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 2 independent outlets across the spectrum.
[02] DisputedKey facts present in mainstream desks; corroboration thin from wires.