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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

Binance targeted in $6.3 billion crypto heist, the largest ever

The company has suspended all deposits and withdrawals while it works with law enforcement to secure its infrastructure and locate stolen funds.

Its initial investigation pointed to a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer, which may have given the hacker access to an internal service and allowed them to submit unauthorized withdrawals.

Blockaid CEO Ben-Natan said in a statement to CoinDesk that “the tactics and level of sophistication we've seen so far are consistent with the kinds of operations we've seen from DPRK,” referring to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Kim needs a new set of luxury items.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/binance-hack-tether-circle-stablecoins-rcna606445 [nbcnews.com]
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/29/potential-multi-billion-binance-hack-hitting-crypto-markets [coindesk.com]

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