Binance denies data breach after alleged ShinyHunters claims
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A threat actor using the 'ShinyHunters' alias claimed to have breached Binance and offered for sale data allegedly containing KYC documents, passwords, private keys, and transaction history of 335 million users. Binance denied the claims, stating there was no evidence of a breach and that the claims were likely a scam, possibly based on infostealer malware data from users' devices rather than a direct compromise. The actor demanded $900,000, but inconsistencies in the claim and skepticism from forum users cast doubt on its legitimacy. Separately, Binance recently disclosed a prior incident involving North Korean hackers from the Lazarus Group compromising an employee via a fake job interview, leading to a $6.34 billion cryptocurrency theft.
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