{
  "id": 17788113,
  "title": "Crypto Exchange: Customers Withdraw Billions from Binance After Hacking Attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/kryptoborse-kunden-ziehen-nach-hackerangriff-milliarden-bei-binance-ab",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:38:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/maerkte/boerse-inside/binance-kunden-ziehen-nach-hackerangriff-milliarden-ab/100266622.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Binance customers have withdrawn $3.64 billion, or 2.1% of assets under management, since resuming withdrawals following a massive cyberattack. The hack, attributed to North Korean hackers, resulted in $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency being transferred. Binance plans to compensate affected customers, having set aside $6 billion from its corporate treasury, insurance fund, and hack fund. The incident has raised concerns about investor confidence and the security of cryptocurrency exchanges.",
  "summary": "Customers appear to be losing trust after the attack. The company wants to compensate those affected, and investigators are searching for the stolen billions.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NZZ Wirtschaft",
        "title": "Binance Hack: How the Theft of More Than $6 Billion in Crypto Assets Unfolded",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/hackerangriff-auf-binance-wie-der-raub-von-mehr-als-6-milliarden",
        "published": "2026-11-01T16:39:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}