Binance suffers 'security incident'
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Binance is investigating a major security breach that could have a financial impact of $6.3 billion. The world's largest crypto exchange suspects a compromised DevOps laptop enabled unauthorised withdrawals,
The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B,' Binance said in a tweet. Early signs indicate the hacker may have compromised an engineer's laptop to gain internal access.
Binance suspended deposits and withdrawals after a major security breach estimated to have caused $6.3 billion in losses, potentially the largest crypto hack on record. The exchange suspects a compromised engineer's laptop enabled unauthorised withdrawals.
Binance has announced that the total confirmed frozen amount is $2.54 billion. In addition to restrictions on withdrawals, trading on Binance Alpha has also been temporarily suspended.Meanwhile, the company explains that "user funds are safe.
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Binance faces a potentially record-breaking crypto security incident as billions move through suspicious wallet transactions.
The service has reported 'security concerns'.
