Bitcoin Stolen in Binance Hack Is Likely ‘Gone,’ Ballet Says

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What to know

  • The Bitcoin stolen in the hack of Binance’s crypto exchange will probably be impossible to recover, according to Bobby Lee, founder of digital-asset hardware wallet company Ballet Global Inc.S1
  • Binance said that an initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which could have allowed an attacker to submit unauthorized withdrawal transactionsS2
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Bitcoin Stolen in Binance Hack Is Likely ‘Gone,’ Ballet Says

The Bitcoin stolen in the hack of Binance’s crypto exchange will probably be impossible to recover, according to Bobby Lee, founder of digital-asset hardware wallet company Ballet…

2h Mirror

Bitcoin and Ethereum plunges after £4.7bn in cryptocurrency stolen during Binance hack

Binance said that an initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which could have allowed an attacker to submit un…

Bitcoin Stolen in Binance Hack Is Likely ‘Gone,’ Ballet Says

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What to know

  • The Bitcoin stolen in the hack of Binance’s crypto exchange will probably be impossible to recover, according to Bobby Lee, founder of digital-asset hardware wallet company Ballet Global Inc.S1
  • Binance said that an initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, which could have allowed an attacker to submit unauthorized withdrawal transactionsS2
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S1 Bloomberg 1 report · EN
S2 MirrorLead 1 report · EN