North Korea blamed for billion crypto heist pulled off in just minutes. Hackers drained approximately USD 6.3 billion from Binance in a 20-minute cyberattack. The breach triggered a market sell-off and an international race to recover the assets. Blockchain intelligence firms have attributed the $6.3 billion Binance hack to North Korean-linked hackers. The incident has triggered a recovery operation involving Tether, Circle, Ripple and.