Binance security breach has $6.3 billion impact in potential record crypto heist
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“Binance security breach has $6.3 billion impact in potential record crypto heist”
Binance said on Thursday that a security breach had affected an estimated $6.3 billion in assets, potentially making it the biggest cryptocurrency heist on record. The world's largest crypto exchange said it had recovered or frozen about $3 billion, while the incident sent Bitcoin and other digital currencies lower.
Read at France 24 English“Binance security breach: Estimated losses reach $6.3 billion”
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced that the estimated impact of the security breach affecting its systems has reached approximately $6.3 billion. The company said it has so far frozen around $3 billion in assets. The company said it was working with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets and pledged to cover all losses through its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) and corporate funds.
Read at Israel National News“Cryptocurrency exchange Binance estimates losses at $6.3 bln following 'security incident”
Binance's initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions
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