# Crypto giant Binance hit by ‘largest hack in history’

https://mins.news/en/item/121907

- BBC News, 2026-10-30 05:15 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwg7xp8kx4v5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Binance says $6.3bn in digital assets were affected by what it calls the largest hack in history, and that about half have been frozen with help from other platforms. The exchange says it will cover all losses. Two analytics firms link the incident to North Korean hacking unit TraderTraitor; early checks suggest a compromised engineer’s laptop may have enabled unauthorised withdrawals.

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