Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
74
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says it has covered 90% of the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) assets stolen in a hack on Thursday.
asserted
it → say → Thursday
The remaining 10% may take longer to source in the required amounts, the company added.
uncertain
company → remain → amounts
Binance has consistently pledged to cover 100% of the losses from what is suspected to be crypto's biggest hack on record and said it has set aside more than $6.34bn in company funds to do so.
asserted
it → pledge → funds
"Binance will absorb the financial impact of these stolen funds, not our users," the company said in a statement on Saturday.
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company → absorb → Saturday
It said it had replenished the assets using various funds and its own corporate treasury.
asserted
it → say → funds
All holdings of the cryptocurrencies bitcoin, ethereum and Tether are covered, along with seven other widely-traded crypto assets, the company said.
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company → cover → assets
The company said its next goal is resuming withdrawal services for users, saying it remained on track to reopen withdrawals on Sunday 1 November and would provide a further update once details were confirmed.
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details → say → update
The hack is believed to be the largest in history, eclipsing the record of a $1.5bn heist on the Bybit exchange in 2025.
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hack → believe → 2025
Binance's initial investigation suggested an engineer's laptop was compromised, which allowed access to unauthorised withdrawals, but a later update said they had uncovered "additional points of breach".
uncertain
they → suggest → breach
Richard Teng, Binance's co-chief executive officer, said the hack was carried out by more than one person, and the hackers used sophisticated methods to hide their tracks, such as a "self-destruct mechanism".
asserted
hackers → say → mechanism
On Friday, the company said it had frozen around $3bn of stolen assets after working with law enforcement, intelligence firms and partners.
asserted
it → say → enforcement
The investigation is ongoing, it added.
asserted
it → add → ?
The US Secret Service said on Friday it is "working around the clock" with private sector partners "to identify, freeze, trace, and recover funds" stolen from Binance.
asserted
it → say → Binance
Two major blockchain analytics firms say they have robust intelligence pointing to a North Korean state-backed group called The Lazarus Group, also known as TraderTraitor, as the likely culprits.
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they → say → culprits
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said North Korea was responsible for the theft of $1.5bn on the Bybit exchange last year.
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Korea → say → exchange
North Korea has always denied involvement in these attacks.
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Korea → deny → attacks
Binance, founded in China in 2017, lets users buy, sell and trade digital assets - it is estimated to have hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
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it → found → users
Crypto is a digital asset, which doesn't exist physically and is instead accessed via digital wallets or computers.
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which → exist → wallets
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