Binance says $6.3 billion stolen in biggest crypto heist in history
- In the largest security breach in cryptocurrency history, hackers drained an estimated $6.3 billion from Binance hot wallets across 10 blockchains in a coordinated attack lasting roughly 20 minutes on Thursday evening.
- Initial investigations indicate the breach originated from a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, enabling the attackers to gain access to a service container, utilize Ethereum's EIP-7702 feature to authorize malicious contracts, and execute unauthorized withdrawals without compromising wallet private keys.
- Blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis attributed the massive intrusion to "TraderTraitor," an elite North Korean state-sponsored cyber warfare unit, noting that stolen assets were rapidly swapped into Ether and mixed with funds from previous exploits.
- Binance immediately suspended all deposits and withdrawals, while coordinated intervention by the exchange, stablecoin issuers, and law enforcement successfully froze roughly $3 billion of the stolen assets on-chain.
- Binance stated it will fully cover all unrecovered user losses through its SAFU reserve and corporate funds, while the broader crypto market suffered sharp declines—wiping out $170 billion in market capitalization and triggering over $1.3 billion in leveraged liquidations within 12 hours.
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The largest exchange of cryptocurrencies in the world hit by an unprecedented cyber-attack. The investigation focuses on the TraderTraitor group, linked to Pyongyang. Meanwhile, the platform has blocked about 3 billion dollars and promised to fully reimburse customers. The article Hacker Attack at Binance: the shadow of North Korea behind the maxi-theft from 6.3 billion comes from The Truth.
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24 heuresThe cryptocurrency giant Binance said on Friday that he had suffered a "complex attack" that had caused "several breaches" in his security.
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Bitcoin falls below $77,000, in a market that already showed a downward trend before the incident.
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