$3.6bn pulled from Binance after multibillion-dollar heist
Binance heist
Covered by 12 sources
- NPR News Now·2h agoA Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced
North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest cyber heist ever by duping a Binance engineer into thinking he was being recruited for a job, the crypto exchange says.
Read at NPR News Now → - Wired·4h agoBinance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist
Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.
Read at Wired → - Guardian Tech·5h agoHackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’
Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June The hackers behind the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance heist used bogus job interviews, malicious software and an internal AI tool, the company has revealed. The world’s largest…
Read at Guardian Tech → - Gizmodo AU·8h agoThere Are Too Many Crypto Hacks Happening. It’s Impossible to Keep Up.
Binance’s $6.3 billion hack grabbed the headlines, but a massive pile of other underreported crypto thefts and security incidents have popped up in recent weeks.
Read at Gizmodo AU → - DW News EN·18h agoNorth Korea denies role in record Binance hack, calls US charge 'provocation'
Kim Yo Jong dismissed FBI claims that North Korean hackers stole more than $6 billion from Binance, as the exchange began reopening withdrawals on more networks.
Read at DW News EN → - Irish Independent Business·18h agoBinance users pull $4.7bn after North Korea hackRead at Irish Independent Business →
- Financial Times·19h agoNorth Korean hackers expected to take months to launder stolen Binance billions
Tokens are visible on public blockchains and have been split into small packages in an attempt to stop them being traced, experts say
Read at Financial Times → - Irish Times Business·1d agoBinance users pull $3.6bn as crypto exchange restarts services after heist
Group pledges to reimburse users whose assets were stolen in hack blamed on North Korea-linked group
Read at Irish Times Business → - Silicon Republic·1d ago$3.6bn pulled from Binance after multibillion-dollar heist
The net outflow represents 2.1pc of Binance's total $171bn in assets under management. Read more: $3.6bn pulled from Binance after multibillion-dollar heist
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