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  "id": 17164137,
  "title": "Crypto platform Binance confirms major hack, more than $2.5B in funds frozen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crypto-platform-binance-confirms-major-hack-more-than-2-5b-in-funds",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T02:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Toronto Sun",
    "slug": "toronto-sun",
    "url": "https://torontosun.com/business/crypto-platform-binance-confirms-major-hack-more-than-2-5b-in-funds-frozen"
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      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Binance files for Brazil crypto license ahead of Friday deadline",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/binance-files-for-brazil-crypto-license-ahead-of-friday-deadline",
        "published": "2026-10-27T08:04:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Russian court jails IT company director for 13 years over crypto donations after Binance shared his data, rights group says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/russian-court-jails-it-company-director-for-13-years-over-crypto",
        "published": "2026-10-27T15:32:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/binance-pauses-withdrawals-as-hackers-suspected-of-stealing-billions",
        "published": "2026-10-29T22:27:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Binance has reportedly been hacked, billions in crypto stolen",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-has-reportedly-been-hacked-billions-in-crypto-stolen",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:19:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Binance crypto platform suspends trades amid suspected hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-crypto-platform-suspends-trades-amid-suspected-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:55:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Technology",
        "title": "Crypto giant Binance freezes $2.5bn of assets over suspected hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crypto-giant-binance-freezes-2-5bn-of-assets-over-suspected-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T00:59:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "Binance pledges to cover losses after US$6 billion crypto hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-pledges-to-cover-losses-after-us-6-billion-crypto-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T03:26:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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