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Gone in 20 minutes: How the biggest heist in crypto history unfolded
SINGAPORE: Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record digital asset theft. What happened? About $6.3 billion worth of cryptocurrencies were drained from wallets that Binance uses to process transactions, according to the exchange and expert analysis of blockchain records. Binance said in a statement on X that it initially thought the attack involved a compromised laptop. “However, our subsequent investigation has uncovered additional points of breach,” it added, without elaborating. The exchange operates a secure asset fund for users, a $1...
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