Binance points to engineer’s hacked laptop in $6.3B breach

Binance says attackers may have used a compromised DevOps laptop to access internal infrastructure.

Update (Oct. 30 at 2:44 am UTC): This article has been updated to include Binance’s preliminary investigation into the security breach.

Binance said its initial investigation into the multi-billion crypto breach has pointed to a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop. 

The exchange said the laptop compromise may have allowed an attacker to access a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. It said it had found no evidence of a wallet private-key leak, though its investigation remains ongoing.

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