North Korean hackers were behind the theft of $1.5 billion of virtual assets last week from Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said, marking the biggest heist in history.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that North Korea was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as "TraderTraitor."

The FBI confirmed that North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind the $1.5 billion Bybit hack. The agency urged crypto platforms and DeFi services to block

By John Shiffman, Sarah N. Lynch, Joseph Tanfani and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a memo on Sunday evening, the FBI Agents Association told its 14,000 members that new director Kash Patel had assured them that he would follow tradition and name a career special agent with operational expertise as his deputy director.

The selection of former Secret Service agent and right-wing media commentator Dan Bongino as deputy to FBI Director Kash Patel places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.

President Trump named podcaster Dan Bongino as the new Deputy FBI Director. NBC News' Ken Dilanian has more details on the pick. Former Senior Executive in the FBI Counterterrorism Division Christopher O’Leary joins Chris Jansing to share his insight on the agency and why the pick is "problematic.