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Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised DevOps laptop

BleepingComputer·October 30, 2026·1 min read
Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised DevOps laptop

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, has linked the theft of about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency to a DevOps engineer's compromised laptop. The breach, one of the largest in crypto history, highlights vulnerabilities in internal security practices. Binance is investigating the incident and working to recover the stolen funds, though details on the attack vector remain limited.

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