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#2 Ars Technica Security general October 30, 2026 at 13:46 UTC

Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist

By Nikou Asgari, Financial Times

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Binance confirmed a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft that blockchain investigators attribute to North Korea, making it the largest crypto heist on record. The exchange is scrambling to freeze stolen funds as investigators trace on-chain movements consistent with North Korean laundering tradecraft. Security practitioners should note the likely role of a compromised engineer laptop as an initial foothold, reinforcing supply-chain and insider-threat concerns at major exchanges.

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