The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has received court approval to seize or block the transfer of over $1.2 billion<\/strong> in cryptocurrency assets linked to a high-profile theft from Binance. This significant move is part of broader efforts aimed at addressing rampant cybercrime, particularly activities attributed to North Korean entities.<\/p>\n In a detailed announcement, the FBI reported that more than $6 billion<\/strong> in crypto assets were stolen from Binance on October 29, 2026<\/strong>. The attack was reportedly orchestrated by a group known as TraderTraitor<\/strong>, which has ties to North Korea. To date, US authorities, in collaboration with the private sector, have managed to freeze over $2.7 billion<\/strong> in stolen assets, including the amount secured by the court order.<\/p>\n In a separate but related operation, the DOJ has also targeted the FaceStealer<\/strong> campaign, associated with a series of cyber intrusions that impersonated trusted individuals during video calls using deepfake technology. Authorities recently seized the cloud infrastructure supporting this campaign, which resulted in the theft of approximately $400 million<\/strong> in crypto assets over an 18-month period. The campaign primarily targeted individuals within the cryptocurrency and web3 sectors, as well as open-source software developers.<\/p>\n Investigators have also recovered more than 900 security camera recordings<\/strong> from victims, which could prove vital in the ongoing inquiry into these cybercriminal activities.<\/p>\n Efforts to trace and recover the stolen assets remain active, indicating a robust commitment from US law enforcement in combating the rising tide of cybercrime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US Department of Justice Steps Up Action Against Cryptocurrency Theft The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has received court approval to seize or block the transfer of over $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency assets linked to a high-profile theft from Binance. This significant move is part of broader efforts aimed at addressing rampant cybercrime, particularly activities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"U.S. Justice Department Recovers $1.2 Billion from Binance - Bitrabo","description":"US Department of Justice Steps Up Action Against Cryptocurrency Theft The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has received court approval to seize or block the trans"},"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[564,580,347,1044,10277,1732,4664,1526,965],"class_list":["post-61467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","tag-assets","tag-billion","tag-binance","tag-breaking","tag-department","tag-justice","tag-recovers","tag-stolen","tag-u-s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61469,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61467\/revisions\/61469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/span>Details of the Binance Cyber Heist<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span>Action Against the FaceStealer Campaign<\/span><\/h2>\n