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Binance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion breach

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In short

Platform administrators have moved to protect customer balances by absorbing the financial fallout internally, having already covered 95% of the affected assets while actively securing the remaining illiquid tokens. Federal law enforcement has officially linked the historic cyberattack to North Korean state-sponsored actors who have been converting the stolen proceeds into Ethereum. Full operational normalization remains gradual as ongoing security checks and high network traffic continue to slow down processing queues. As of Sunday morning, services showed mixed statuses, with Ethereum deposits operating normally while Bitcoin transactions and Ethereum withdrawals remained partially suspen…

Key points

  • Exchange customers will not bear the financial losses of the breach because the company p…: Exchange customers will not bear the financial losses of the breach because the company pledged to absorb the entire impact.
  • Account holders face temporary processing delays and varied operational availability acro…: Account holders face temporary processing delays and varied operational availability across asset networks as systems gradually come back online.
  • A comprehensive post-incident analysis will be made publicly available once Binance final…: A comprehensive post-incident analysis will be made publicly available once Binance finalizes its internal security investigation.

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Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced early on Sunday that it would begin allowing withdrawals in a phased process.

The company froze all deposits and withdrawals after hackers stole $6.3 billion worth of crypto from Binance wallets. In its latest update, Binance said it has now covered 95% of the stolen assets, and it’s still working to buy the “remaining affected assets,” which are “less liquid in the market and take longer time to source at the required scale.”

“Our commitment remains unchanged: Binance will bear the financial impact of the stolen funds,” the company added. “These losses will not be passed on to users.”

As for the withdrawal freeze, Binance said it did not make the decision lightly, as it understands “how important reliable access to withdrawals is for our users.” Nonetheless, the company said this was a necessary “precaution while our teams worked to contain the incident loss, assess its impact, restore affected services, and complete security checks.”

Binance will resume supporting withdrawals in phases, depending on network and asset type. As of Sunday morning, the company’s network status page…

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