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Comment by reassess_blind

12 hours ago

How is it possible that Binance doesn't have a system that disallows massive simultaneous withdrawals without some kind of two-key manual override or something?

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Shank  10 hours ago

The theft occurred on-chain with smart contract execution, not with their platform. The money was stolen directly from the hot wallet.

ftchd  11 hours ago

"massive" is relative, for Binance this amount could be a few % of a normal day.

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