Why it matters
The breach highlights security risks for crypto exchanges and their customers, including in the United States. Binance says it will bear the financial cost; the exchange previously paused withdrawals for almost two days.
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Binance says months-long campaign enabled $6.3 billion crypto theft
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Binance says hackers used fake job interviews, compromised software and an internal AI tool to gain access to an engineer’s work computer and steal $6.3 billion in crypto. The FBI has attributed the attack to North Korea, which denies involvement; Binance says it has replenished 98% of affected assets.
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