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Crypto giant Binance hit by $6.3bn hack suspected to be largest in history

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The BBC reported that a hack on the crypto exchange Bitget in September lost $388m.

in which $388m (£289m) was lost

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Check Point's chief information security officer Jayant Dave said the losses estimated by Binance made it "the largest crypto theft on record".

Check Point's chief information security officer Jayant Dave said the losses estimated by Binance made it "the largest crypto theft on record".

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TRM Labs' global head of policy Ari Redbord described the hack as a watershed moment and noted that the attacker still holds a large sum of stolen assets.

The lab's global head of policy Ari Redbord told the BBC the Binance hack is a "watershed moment" that is unlike anything the industry has seen. The attacker still holds an enormous sum of stolen assets, meaning efforts to trace and recover the funds are far from over, Redbord added.

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Chainalysis stated it has high confidence that the North Korean group is linked to the hack.

Chainalysis, a crypto analytics firm, also said it has "high confidence" that the North Korean group are linked to the hack.

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Check Point's Jayant Dave said this attack also resembled the September hack on crypto exchange Bitget, adding: "This implies that attackers no longer need the vault keys. They target the systems and people with authority to use them."

Check Point's Dave said this attack also resembled a hack on crypto exchange platform Bitget in September in which $388m (£289m) was lost: "This implies that attackers no longer need the vault keys. They target the systems and people with authority to use them."

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The BBC reported that Binance co-CEO Yi He said, while withdrawals were suspended, that they were disabled until the environment was confirmed to be secure.

In a series of posts, Yi He, Binance's co-chief executive, thanked various cryptocurrency issuers for freezing the assets. "Safety first: withdrawals are currently disabled until the environment is confirmed to be secure," she said.

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