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Posts on r/stocks and r/CryptoCurrency claim that cryptocurrency exchange Binance was the target of a $6.3 billion crypto heist on Thursday, described as the largest ever. The r/stocks post attributes the loss to a compromised developer laptop and an EIP-7702 exploit, says Tether froze half the funds on-chain, and says Binance stated funds are "SAFU" and that it will cover the hole using SAFU.
Why “Rumor”
- Only community or trader posts: r/CryptoCurrency, r/stocks
0 independent source groups across 2 posts · evidence score 17/100. How labels work
What the sources claim
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Binance was the target of a $6.3 billion crypto heist on Thursday, described as possibly the largest ever.
“Binance confirms it was the target of a $6.3 billion crypto heist Thursday”
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The loss stemmed from a compromised developer laptop and an EIP-7702 exploit.
“One dev's laptop got compromised, hackers exploited EIP-7702 and drained $6.3 billion.”
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Tether froze half of the funds on-chain.
“Tether froze half of it on-chain.”
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Binance said its funds are "SAFU" and that it will cover the loss.
“Binance says funds are "SAFU" and they'll cover the hole.”
r/stocks -
Binance was targeted in a $6.3 billion crypto heist described as the largest ever.
“Binance targeted in $6.3 billion crypto heist, the largest ever”
r/CryptoCurrency
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