The $6.3 billion Binance hack has been linked to North Korean hackers
THE SO WHAT
A $6.3 billion crypto hack tied to a state-linked group is a reminder that financial and data infrastructure are geopolitical targets, not just fraud surfaces. If you hold or move digital assets, treat key management, monitoring, and incident response as board-level risks, not IT hygiene.
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