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North Korea is likely culprit behind $6.3bn crypto hack, ‘largest heist in history’
Binance exchange says it will cover customer losses as it scrambles to freeze affected assets, with about $3bn located so far Q&A: How big a deal is the $6.3bn crypto heist? Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has been hit by a record $6.3
What the coverage shows
Across the coverage, outlets converge on Binance as the target, the figure of about $6.3 billion, and the idea that this could be the largest crypto hack on record. Reuters, BBC News, CNBC, Bloomberg Technology, NPR and CBS News all foreground North Korea as the likely culprit or attribution, while TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, Axios and The Guardian US emphasize account-freezing, withdrawals, or loss coverage. Only BleepingComputer and CNBC explicitly highlight the amount frozen, and Tom's Hardware is the outlier on the $5.6 billion estimate.
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