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Call for 'guard rails' to protect crypto currency in Britain after the record $6.3billion hack

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Ivens, E. (2026, October 31). Call for 'guard rails' to protect crypto currency in Britain after the record $6.3billion hack. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16255419/Call-guard-rails-protect-crypto-currency-Britain-record-6-3billion-hack.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Sir Jon Cunliffe, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, has called for regulatory measures to protect crypto currency in Britain following a record $6.3 billion hack on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. Cybersecurity experts from TRM Labs and Chainalysis suspect North Korea’s state-backed Lazarus Group was behind the sophisticated attack, which involved gaining access to a developer’s laptop to steal funds within minutes. While some of the stolen money has been frozen, analysts estimate that North Korea could still profit from up to $2.4 billion after laundering it through various systems.

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Binance has resumed operations after a massive $6.3 billion security breach that analysts say could be the largest crypto heist ever recorded. The FBI attributes the theft to North Korea. Tether and Circle froze over $1.5 billion in funds related to the potential hack, while Binance itself had frozen an additional $2.54 billion initially. After reopening, customers withdrew about $3.64 billion, or 2.1% of total assets. Binance has covered around 95% of the stolen amount using its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) and other reserves. The exchange saw an initial spike in withdrawals but is now stabilizing as services resume gradually following security checks.

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'Guard rails' must be set up to protect crypto currency in Britain after the record $6.3billion hack, the Bank of England's former Deputy Governor said on Saturday. asserted

Governor → set → Saturday

Sir Jon Cunliffe added, following last week's attack on the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, that the technology was growing and would become closer to mainstream banking systems. asserted

technology → add → systems

'We are seeing with social media platforms how difficult it is to retrofit regulation if you don't actually put the guardrails in early on,' he warned. But he also stressed that as Binance was not authorised or operated in the UK, 'we were not yet' at the point where the mainstream system could be destabilised by a major crypto hack. uncertain

system → see → hack

Cyber investigators have named North Korea, led by supreme leader Kim Jong Un, as the most likely $6.3billion hacker. asserted

investigators → name → hacker

Experts from two major analytics firms, TRM Labs and Chainalysis, say North Korea's state–backed Lazarus Group carried out what one called 'a highly sophisticated and well–planned attack'. asserted

one → say → what

The group was identified by the FBI through key 'signatures' used by North Korea, which is also blamed for the previous largest $1.5billion hack of the Bybit exchange in 2025. asserted

which → identify → 2025

Cybersecurity investigators and blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis believe North Korea's state–backed Lazarus Group carried out the attack. asserted

Group → believe → attack

Pictured is North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un Isabella Chase, head of policy at TRM Labs, told Radio 4's Today programme on saturday that the hack was so sophisticated it would have taken many months to plan. asserted

it → picture → months

Ms Chase said it looked as if a developer's laptop was targeted, giving the attackers the approvals needed to take the funds out of the Binance exchange in 20 minutes. asserted

laptop → say → minutes

She confirmed $3billion of the stolen funds had been frozen but North Korea 'may profit from a potential $2.4billion'. uncertain

Korea → confirm → 2.4billion

'They have to finish laundering it in crypto then move it into the real world, then into the traditional banking system to turn it into cash they can use for their nuclear weapons programme – so they will make considerably less,' she said. asserted

she → have → less

Call for 'guard rails' to protect crypto currency in Britain after the record $6.3billion hack

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