Crypto giant Binance hit by hack suspected to be largest in history

BBC - Oct 30, 2026

Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.

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Polymarket and Kalshi Turn Midterm Elections Into a Multimillion Dollar Market

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The New DNA Technology That Linked Ted Bundy to a 52-Year-Old Cold Case

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Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

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Staggering 74.5% of NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023 likely had CTE, study finds

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Australian actor dies after injecting peptides - in what is believed to be the nation's first death linked to the unapproved products

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DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion, Uniting 2 Delivery Giants

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