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  "id": 17199999,
  "title": "What we know about Binance's $6.3bn hack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/what-we-know-about-binances-6-3bn-hack",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T08:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC News",
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  "summary": "BBC business reporter Archana Shukla explains more about what is suspected to be the largest hack in history.",
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        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Binance investigates potential multibillion-dollar hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/binance-investigates-potential-multibillion-dollar-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-29T21:24:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Circle, Tether freeze funds impacted by potential Binance 'security issue'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/circle-tether-freeze-funds-impacted-by-potential-binance-security",
        "published": "2026-10-29T22:03:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Binance \"temporarily suspended\" all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates security issues and works with law enforcement; Binance.US says it's unaffected (George Steer/Financial Times)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-temporarily-suspended-all-deposits-and-withdrawals-as-it",
        "published": "2026-10-30T01:35:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "TRM Labs attributes the Binance hack to North Korea-based TraderTraitor, which drained ~$6.36B from Binance wallets across 10 blockchains, mostly in ~20 minutes (Tom Westbrook/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/trm-labs-attributes-the-binance-hack-to-north-korea-based",
        "published": "2026-10-30T05:00:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/blockchain-intelligence-firms-link-north-korea-to-6-3b-hack-on-binance",
        "published": "2026-10-30T08:28:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews Business",
        "title": "How the Binance hack happened and who was behind it?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/how-the-binance-hack-happened-and-who-was-behind-it",
        "published": "2026-10-30T11:50:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "FBI and US Secret Service working with Binance after $6.3 billion hack, source says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/fbi-and-us-secret-service-working-with-binance-after-6-3-billion-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T11:53:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "FBI and US Secret Service working with Binance after $6.3 billion hack, source says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/fbi-and-us-secret-service-working-with-binance-after-6-3-billion-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T11:54:36.000Z"
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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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