{
  "id": 17236702,
  "title": "Crypto firm Binance finds multiple ‘points of breach’ in $6.3bn hack thought to be largest ever",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crypto-firm-binance-finds-multiple-points-of-breach-in-6-3bn-hack-17236702",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-30T11:47:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/crypto-firm-binance-finds-multiple-points-of-breach-in-6-3bn-hack-thought-to-be-largest-ever/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, has been hit by what’s thought to be the biggest hack in history. Cryptocurrency worth $6.3bn (£4.7bn) was stolen, with Binance saying it has now begun recovering some funds. The company’s co-CEO Richard Teng says initial investigations point to a “compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop” giving hackers access, with a […]",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}