Hack Brief: Hackers Stole $40 Million from Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange
Hack Brief: Hackers Stole $40 Million from Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 9, 20195m 16s
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Show Notes
Binance is one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. As of Tuesday, it’s now also the scene of a major cryptocurrency theft. In what the company calls a “large scale security breach,” hackers stole not only 7,000 bitcoin—equivalent to over $40 million—but also some user two-factor authentication codes and API tokens.
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