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Binance AI Tool Exploited in $6.34B Theft
Binance disclosed that attackers used an internal AI tool and a compromised employee computer to compromise two wallet engineers on October 20. The attackers then obtained a container deployment permission token on October 29, which allowed them to penetrate the exchange's wallet-signing operations and initiate unauthorized transactions, resulting in a $6.34 billion cryptocurrency theft. The FBI has attributed the broader attack to North Korea, which has targeted software developers and cryptocurrency businesses in the past.