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US authorities seize $1.2 billion tied to Binance theft and disrupt FaceStealer tools
On 12 November 2026, the Justice Department and the FBI announced two separate actions against cryptocurrency theft operations linked to North Korea: the seizure of $1.2 billion tied to the Binance theft and the disruption of FaceStealer tools.
According to the published report, the Justice Department and the FBI announced two separate actions against cryptocurrency theft operations linked to North Korea. One resulted in the seizure of $1.2 billion related to the Binance theft. The other involves disrupting tools called FaceStealer. The available text is a machine translation of an article from The Record's feed and gives no further technical details, operation dates or case numbers. To verify, consult the official statements from the US Justice Department and the FBI and the original article from The Record, comparing amounts, dates and names. This item is a security news report, not a Rota Nacional usage guide; its relevance to the platform is indirect, since it reinforces the need to protect data and credentials in any AI workflow.