Binance exchange says it will cover customer losses as it scrambles to freeze affected assets, with about $3bn located so far

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange has been hit by a record $6.3bn (£4.7bn) hack described as the biggest heist in history, with experts identifying North Korea as the likely culprit.

Binance said it would cover all customer losses as it froze $3bn of the affected assets.

Analysts said the exchange had been subjected to an unprecedented attack with “never-seen-before” laundering patterns as the hackers made off with assets worth billions of dollars.

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[–] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

I do at least get the idea of very temporarily passing the money through a currency exchange. But not it sitting long enough and trusted enough for hackers to steam $6B of it. Why in the world would anyone do that

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