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Binance points to engineer’s hacked laptop in $6.3B breach

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Cointelegraph (News media)
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-hack-may-involve-private-key-misuse-not-theft-blockaid-ceo
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Arkham CEO Miguel Morel stated that there was insufficient information to determine whether the attack involved stolen keys or compromised infrastructure and that the hack appeared to be still ongoing.

Before Binance’s latest update, Arkham CEO Miguel Morel told Cointelegraph there was insufficient information to determine whether the attack involved stolen keys or compromised infrastructure. “From what we can tell, it appears the hack is still ongoing,” he said at the time.

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Miguel Morel
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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Blockaid CEO Ido Ben-Natan stated that the activity resembled operations linked to North Korea, citing Blockaid's familiarity with those attacks, but emphasized that the attribution remained unconfirmed.

Ben-Natan also said the activity resembled operations linked to North Korea, citing Blockaid’s familiarity with those attacks. He pointed to sophisticated onchain preparations but emphasized that the attribution remained unconfirmed.

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Ido Ben-Natan
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Cointelegraph quoted the speaker as describing "a compromise of signing infrastructure" and saying "We don't think a key was leaked."

a compromise of signing infrastructure. We don’t think a key was leaked,” he said.

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Ido Ben-Natan
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Cointelegraph (News media)
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