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Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has frozen around half of the funds stolen in a "complex" hack, after $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was accessed in what is believed to be a record heist .

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Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, reports that it has frozen about half of the $6.3 billion (£4.7 billion) in digital assets stolen in a sophisticated hack. The company says it has secured roughly $3 billion of the stolen funds, but many assets remain in the possession of unidentified hackers. Binance originally believed the breach began with a compromised engineer’s laptop that enabled unauthorized withdrawals, but it later determined the attack was more extensive. The firm has not disclosed further steps to recover the remaining assets.

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