{
  "id": 17213590,
  "title": "How a $6 billion hack became the world's biggest crypto theft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/how-a-6-billion-hack-became-the-worlds-biggest-crypto-theft-17213590",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:07:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/10/30/how-a-6bn-hack-became-the-biggest-crypto-theft-in-history/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Binance Holdings, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, lost an estimated $6.3 billion to hackers early on Friday, in what has been described as the single biggest theft of crypto on record, exceeding the $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit in February 2025 . Funds began leaving Binance's hot wallets, which are connected to the internet to process customer withdrawals, at about 12.24am UAE time…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}