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Jonathan Levin

People. Co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis

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ReportedamountClaim 127

Cointelegraph reported that Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin said the hack was likely carried out by TraderTraitor and, in a post on X, put the theft at $6.4 billion.

Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Jonathan Levin said the Binance hack was likely carried out by North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor , citing links to a previous hack. In a post on X, Levin put the theft at $6.4 billion, slightly above Binance’s estimated $6.3 billion impact.

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Jonathan Levin
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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As it happened: Binance’s record $6.3B crypto hack
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ReportedattributionClaim 49

Jonathan Levin, co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, wrote that the Binance hack was likely done by DPRK group TraderTraitor.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis also believed the Binance hack was "likely done by DPRK group TraderTraitor," its co-founder and CEO Jonathan Levin wrote on X.

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Jonathan Levin
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npr.org (Other)
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Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance
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