🚨🇰🇵 NORTH KOREAN HACKERS CREATED 6 FAKE MEMECOINS TO LAUNDER MONEY FROM BINANCE $6.4 BILLION HACK
Blockchain intelligence firm @elliptic has uncovered how hackers allegedly laundered $430,000 in stolen crypto using memecoins that cost just $90 each to create. Here's what investigators found: • Six fake memecoins were launched on the NEAR blockchain between November 5–7. • Hackers allegedly traded the tokens between wallets they controlled, disguising the movement of stolen funds as normal trading activity. • Almost no genuine investors participated. Five tokens had their entire supply purchased by linked wallets. • The proceeds were routed through liquidity pools, stablecoins and cross-chain bridges. The FBI has attributed the broader Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group. Elliptic estimates another $43.7 MILLION in stolen $NEAR remained unmoved at the time of its investigation. $AKE $ARIA