Binance says $6.3 billion stolen in biggest crypto heist in history
Binance said the attack may have started with a compromised engineer laptop as Tether and Circle froze more than $2.3 billion in linked assets.
- On October 29, 2026, Binance reported a security breach affecting roughly $6.3 billion in digital assets, prompting the exchange to suspend deposits and withdrawals while investigating the incident.
- Preliminary investigations suggest attackers compromised a DevOps engineer's laptop, granting access to service containers and enabling unauthorized withdrawal transactions, according to Binance's security team.
- Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle intervened by freezing approximately $3 billion in stolen assets across multiple blockchains, preventing further unauthorized fund movement.
- Cryptocurrency markets retreated as Bitcoin and Ether hit multiweek lows, though Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng reassured users that the exchange would cover all losses using company reserves.
- Blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis attributed the breach to TraderTraitor, a North Korea-linked hacking unit, noting the theft eclipses previous record-setting cyberattacks.
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