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North Korea blamed for largest heist in history as hackers steal $6bn

Crypto giant Binance has fallen victim to the largest heist in history with $6.3bn (£4.7bn) stolen in a cyber attack.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is racing to recover funds and has blocked customer withdrawals in the wake of the hack, which analysts blamed on North Korean hackers.

The company said hackers had compromised a tech engineer’s laptop, which had allowed them to make unauthorised withdrawals.

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