Binance suspends withdrawals after $6.3bn hack

Source: Tech Trends Kenya By By Nixon Kanali

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has suspended deposits and withdrawals after a security breach that it estimates affected about $6.3 billion in assets. It could be the biggest crypto heist on record. The exchange said on Friday that its initial investigation points to a compromised laptop belonging to one of its DevOps engineers. The …

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