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Covered by 3 outlets — first reported by The Record, Oct 30, 00:00 UTC

Binance hit by record $6.3 billion crypto hack, scrambles to freeze funds

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Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a "security incident" on its platform has impacted about $6.3 billion worth of assets. The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange said nearly $3 billion of those assets have been frozen on-chain so far. Tether and Circle said they have frozen more than 1.567 billion USDT and 800 million USDC related to the incident, respectively. The

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SecurityTabs reportupdated 3h agoBinance Investigates Security Incident Involving Billions in Crypto Assets

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3 outlets, in the order they reported it.

  1. The RecordFirst report

    Binance hit by record $6.3 billion crypto hack, scrambles to freeze funds

    Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, confirmed Thursday that it had been hacked in a $6.3 billion cyber heist that blockchain investigators are blaming on North Korea.

    Read at The Record Details

  2. The Hacker News

    Binance Suffers Security Breach Affecting $6.3 Billion in Assets, Nearly $3 Billion Frozen

    Cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Thursday that a "security incident" on its platform has impacted about $6.3 billion worth of assets.

    Read at The Hacker News Details

  3. BleepingComputer

    Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised DevOps laptop

    Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has linked the theft of about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency to a DevOps engineer's compromised laptop.

    Read at BleepingComputer Details