A simple explainer of the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist at Binance

What the coverage shows

Most outlets converge on framing the story as a record-setting Binance crypto theft at about $6.3 billion, with several also noting that funds were frozen or recovery efforts were underway. BBC News, NPR, TechCrunch, Bloomberg Technology, CBS News and others foreground suspected North Korean involvement, while CNBC’s later pieces shift toward what happens next and recovery questions. BleepingComputer is the only outlet here that twice uses a lower $5.8 billion or $6.3 billion estimate, and Tom’s Hardware uniquely foregrounds withdrawals being frozen and losses being covered.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.