World’s largest crypto exchange faces fallout from angry customers, and Lula wins with WhatsApp This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here This week in tech, we’re discussing the fallout from the multibillion-dollar hack of Binance and the significance of Lula’s political mobilization on WhatsApp . And if you’ll be at Web Summit in Lisbon next week, drop me a line! I’ll be there moderating panels on open-source AI and human agency in the age of AI agents. Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? Polymarket temporarily suspends trading on international platform due to security incident How crypto hacking funds isolated North Korea’s nuclear programme Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural Computerized clairvoyance: psychics push back against AI-generated readings T
Binance battles to save its brand after record $6.3bn crypto hack

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Earlier reports and follow-ups on the same developing story.
- Binance resumes customer withdrawals after record $6.3bn hack
- Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack
- Investors pull billions in funds from Binance after record $6.3bn hack
- Binance users withdraw $3.6bn after largest-ever crypto hack
- North Korea denies being behind record $6.3bn Binance hack
- Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
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