Kim Jong-un, crypto bros and a $6.3bn heist

金正恩、加密货币兄弟及63亿美元的盗窃案

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2026-11-04

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North Korea is said to be behind the theft from the crypto exchange Binance. How did they pull it off and what will they do with the money? Kalyeena Makortoff and Jean H Lee report . Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • I open my phone and I see this.

  • In the last few minutes, the latest update is staggering.

  • Biggest hack in history, not in crypto history, the biggest hack in history.

  • It was 8 p.m.

  • Last Thursday when the panic alarms went off across the crypto world.

  • Emergency live stream where Binance has suffered so far as six billion dollar hack.

  • Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, had been hacked.

  • They are calling it the largest crypto heist of all time.

  • And almost all of it happened within the space of about 20 minutes yesterday.