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Briefing for 2026-11-03

Generated 2026-11-04 06:00 UTC. Each line is a statement somebody made, not a finding of this site.

Reportedclaim Decrypt reported that Chainalysis said the hackers moved more than $500 million on Tron through more than 1,000 addresses, over 3,000 deposits and several Tron-based DeFi protocols, and have started moving onto Solana.
Decrypt. Original
Reportedclaim Decrypt reported that Elliptic expects the attacker to swap its ETH for Bitcoin in small batches and cash out through over-the-counter brokers over a period of months, and that further freezes will be harder.
Decrypt. Original
Reportedclaim The Block reported, citing Yonhap, that Kim Yo-jong said the FBI is trying to brand North Korea as a 'cyber criminal state', claiming that it obtained information that a hacking organization 'supported' by North Korea was involved in the incident.
The Block. Original
Reportedclaim BBC News reported that the FBI has called on industry partners to help block transactions involving cryptocurrency accounts linked to the group.
BBC News. Original
Reportedclaim BBC News reported that Kim Yo-jong, the director of North Korea's General Affairs Department, said the US had made a trite provocation of linking it with North Korea again.
BBC News. Original
Reportedclaim BBC News reported that Kim Yo-jong said it is a grave political provocation for the US to mislead international public opinion as if all the cyber crimes in different parts of the world were North Korea's deeds.
BBC News. Original
Reportedclaim The Guardian reported that Bitcoin plunged nearly 5% after the news of the hack, while ethereum dropped nearly 6% and BNB, native to Binance, tumbled nearly 10%.
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Reportedclaim Donald Trump indicated, as reported by Cointelegraph, that “we’ll talk to North Korea about it.”
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim Decrypt reported that Binance said the net outflow represented 2.1% of its $171 billion in assets, and that it has since reopened fiat withdrawals, including U.S. dollars.
Decrypt. Original
Reportedclaim CoinDesk reported, citing DefiLlama, that more than $6 billion left wallets associated with Binance over 24 hours after withdrawals reopened, though those movements can include transfers between Binance's own wallets. Decrypt added that rival exchanges OKX and Bybit recorded net inflows of about $450 million and $134 million, respectively, during Binance's reopening.
Decrypt. Original
Reportedclaim Decrypt reported that only a negligible amount appears to have been cashed out, and that about $16 million has also flowed to addresses holding proceeds of September’s Bitget exploit.
Decrypt. Original
Theoryclaim Cointelegraph reported that Kim Yo Jong denied North Korea’s involvement in the $6.3 billion Binance hack and appeared to suggest, without evidence, that the US could have been behind the theft.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim TRM Labs pointed to similarities with previous North Korean attacks, including advance preparation, the use of Tornado Cash to fund attacker wallets and the coordinated execution of previously obtained transaction signatures, as reported by Cointelegraph. However, it said the laundering activity differed from the pattern following the Bybit hack.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim The Financial Services Commission said it reviewed exchanges’ IT access controls, wallet withdrawal approval and signing procedures, and administrator privileges, and urged providers to increase the proportion of assets held in offline cold wallets, as reported by Cointelegraph.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim The Financial Services Commission urged providers to continuously monitor deposits and withdrawals, secure additional incident response personnel and promptly report and share information about unusual access attempts, as reported by Cointelegraph.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim Cointelegraph reported that operators were also asked to set aside additional reserves and implement other security measures that could be introduced immediately to prevent similar breaches, and that the regulator said it would continue working with relevant agencies and the industry to prevent further attacks and limit potential damage.
Cointelegraph. Original
Officialclaim Binance said: Following the successful reopening of withdrawals for selected networks and assets in the initial phase on 2026-11-01, Binance will reopen withdrawals for the assets listed below, beginning at 04:00 (UTC) on 2026-11-03.
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Reportedclaim Kim Yo-jong said in a statement, as reported by sandiegouniontribune.com, that this is not the first time that the U.S. has attempted to spread misunderstanding of the DPRK in the international community, blindly linking the DPRK with the “cyber crime” incidents whenever they occur on an international scale.
sandiegouniontribune.com. Original
Reportedclaim South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said, as reported by sandiegouniontribune.com, that North Korea’s illicit cyber activities pose an increasing threat to the global digital economy and that Seoul was closely cooperating with the United States and the broader international community to address the threat.
sandiegouniontribune.com. Original
Reportedclaim Cointelegraph reported that Binance said that, like phase one, reopening will roll out progressively across the assets as security and readiness checks are completed.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim Cointelegraph reported that Binance said it was prioritizing tokens based on user demand over the past week, and reported that deposits remain available.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim Cointelegraph reported that Binance listed Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum, Solana, XRP Ledger, Sui, Arbitrum, Optimism, Tron and Base as networks part of the second phase of withdrawals.
Cointelegraph. Original
Reportedclaim Decrypt reported that stablecoins made up $3.46 billion, or 54%, of the haul, and their issuers can freeze them.
Decrypt. Original
Reportedclaim The Block reported that Binance said it has frozen or intercepted about $2.85 billion in assets and replenished 98% of impacted assets.
The Block. Original
Reportedclaim The Block reported that Richard Teng said on X: "This wasn't one mistake or one breach — it was a months-long campaign. We're publishing the full report because the lessons go far beyond Binance," and "The speed of coordination could not be matched in traditional finance."
The Block. Original
Reportedclaim BBC News reported that Binance said in a post on X: "The latest information released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicates that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is responsible for this incident."
BBC News. Original
Reportedclaim The Record reported that Binance said it has taken immediate action to contain the incident and strengthen the systems involved, that the entry points identified as having been used in the attack have been closed, that systems touched in the attack path have been rebuilt or replaced, and that it has implemented tighter device controls, enhanced wallet-service risk controls and expanded AI-based be
The Record. Original
Reportedclaim The Record reported that Kim Yo-jong said it is the consistent policy stand of the DPRK government to resolutely oppose all sorts of malicious acts in cyberspace, the wealth common to mankind, and resolutely reject any attempt to politicize the cyber issue and use it as a means of interfering in the internal affairs with other countries.
The Record. Original
Verified on-chainwallet movement On-chain transfer on solana at 2026-11-03 01:37Z: 14035.6537225 SOL from AffzFDKZby...yRyGigBEaU to H381HEjs48...M3ud2iChvk. The sending address is listed by FBI.
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