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How a fake job and rogue AI allowed hackers to pull off what could be the biggest heist in history

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The IndependentHow a fake job and rogue AI allowed hackers to pull off what could be the biggest heist in history
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In a initial report into what went wrong, the world's largest crypto exchange detailed a sophisticated hacking endeavor that began with an advert for a tampered version of a coding tool in June

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