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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. The crypto exchange said the access let attackers submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions after they accessed a service container, and it hasn’t yet found evidence of a leaked wallet private key. “To be clear: […]
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Binance probes potential $5.8 billion crypto-theft hack
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security breach involving up to $5.8 billion in digital assets, in what could become the largest cryptocurrency hack in history. If confirmed stolen, the amount would far exceed the $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit by North Korean hackers in February 2025, the largest confirmed crypto heist on record. The […]
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