Daily Archives: July 11, 2023

Atomic Wallet sued for $100 million in wake of North Korea hack

Last month, one of the largest digital currency wallet hacks in recent times saw Atomic Wallet users lose as much as $100 million. The notorious North Korean Lazarus Group is thought to have been behind the attack. Now, Atomic Wallet users have filed a class action lawsuit for $100 million against Atomic Wallet and its owner, Konstantin Gladych. The suit accuses both of “negligent and unlawful…

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Binance senior execs bolt over CZ’s handling of US criminal probe

Binance has lost several senior executives who were reportedly uneasy with founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao’s handling of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal probe. On Thursday, Fortune reported that Binance’s general counsel Han Ng, ‘chief strategy (aka PR) officer Patrick Hillmann, and senior VP for compliance Steven Christie had all informed CZ of their plans to head for the exits. The troubled trio…

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