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Binance reveals how hackers carried out record $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft

🕐 4h ago·6 outlets

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed how hackers used fake job interviews and compromised software to steal $6.3 billion (£4.7 billion) in one of the largest cyberattacks in history.

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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 2 covers Binance customer withdrawals after the hack, a separate consequence rather than the hack's revelation of how the theft was carried out, and its figures don't conflict with Report 1.

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