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Disclosed incidentdmm-bitcoin-tradertraitor-2024

DMM Bitcoin theft attributed to North Korean actors

The FBI, DC3, and Japan's NPA attribute DMM's May 2024 theft of 4,502.9 BTC to TraderTraitor actors. Their statement values the stolen funds at $308 million at the time of the attack, not at a current Bitcoin price.

At a glance

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What to do

Consult the joint statement for the documented recruitment lure and session-abuse sequence. It does not prescribe a specific DMM patch or certify a universal wallet-signing remediation.

Read FBI, DC3, and NPA joint DMM Bitcoin statement (opens a new tab)

What happened

The agencies describe a Ginco employee targeted with a malicious Python recruitment test and subsequent session-cookie impersonation. They assess that attackers likely manipulated a legitimate DMM transaction request; that step is not presented as a definitively proven signing mechanism.

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Sources

  1. Primary source

    FBI, DC3, and NPA joint DMM Bitcoin statement (opens a new tab)

    Agency attribution, May 2024 theft, historical amount, recruitment lure, session abuse, and likely transaction manipulation.

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APA

KEVWire. (2024, December 23). DMM Bitcoin theft attributed to North Korean actors. https://kevwire.com/record/dmm-bitcoin-tradertraitor-2024

MLA

"DMM Bitcoin theft attributed to North Korean actors." KEVWire, 23 Dec. 2024, kevwire.com/record/dmm-bitcoin-tradertraitor-2024.

Chicago

KEVWire. "DMM Bitcoin theft attributed to North Korean actors." Last modified December 23, 2024. https://kevwire.com/record/dmm-bitcoin-tradertraitor-2024.

Evidence summary (plain text)

DMM Bitcoin theft attributed to North Korean actors (Dec 23, 2024).
The FBI, DC3, and Japan's NPA attribute DMM's May 2024 theft of 4,502.9 BTC to TraderTraitor actors. Their statement values the stolen funds at $308 million at the time of the attack, not at a current Bitcoin price.
Sources:
FBI, DC3, and NPA joint DMM Bitcoin statement: https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-dc3-and-npa-identification-of-north-korean-cyber-actors-tracked-as-tradertraitor-responsible-for-theft-of-308-million-from-bitcoindmmcom
Record ID: dmm-bitcoin-tradertraitor-2024.
Record origin: Editorial selection.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was assembled editorially. Editorial review: Oct 26, 2026. Editorial selection does not make a reported claim independently confirmed.

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