{
  "id": 17215017,
  "title": "Binance crypto exchange suspends trades over North Korea-linked hack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-crypto-exchange-suspends-trades-over-north-korea-linked-hack",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T00:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
    "slug": "dw-news",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/binance-crypto-exchange-suspends-trades-over-north-korea-linked-hack/a-79803280?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Crypto platform Binance has suspended trading following a suspected hack now linked to North Korea. The disruption has left users unable to trade on the cryptocurrency platform while the suspected breach is investigated.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "North Korean hackers linked to Russia suspected in Binance crypto exchange hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/north-korean-hackers-linked-to-russia-suspected-in-binance-crypto",
        "published": "2026-10-30T14:53:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crypto-giant-binance-attempting-to-recover-6-3bn-stolen-in-hack",
        "published": "2026-10-30T16:48:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/how-crypto-hacking-funds-isolated-north-koreas-nuclear-programme",
        "published": "2026-10-30T17:37:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "$6.3 billion Binance hack may be largest cyber heist in history",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/6-3-billion-binance-hack-may-be-largest-cyber-heist-in-history",
        "published": "2026-10-30T18:45:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/binance-loses-6-3-billion-in-crypto-heist-what-happens-to-your-money",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:39:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CoinDesk",
        "title": "Experts divided over Binance hack asset freezes, warn recovery is another matter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/experts-divided-over-binance-hack-asset-freezes-warn-recovery-is",
        "published": "2026-10-30T19:55:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}