๐จ๐ฅ๐บ๐ธ ยซ BINANCE HIT BY THE BIGGEST CRYPTO HEIST IN HISTORY ยป
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was hacked on Thursday, October 29. It estimates the impact at $6.3 billion, around four times the previous record.
๐ According to Binance's preliminary investigation, the attack originated from the hacked laptop of one of the platform's DevOps engineers. Using this access, the attacker entered a โservice container,โ an internal Binance environment, and initiated unauthorized withdrawals.
๐ Around $3 billion was frozen with the help of partners. Tether alone blocked more than $1.5 billion in USDT.
๐ Binance suspended all withdrawals. They are expected to resume by Sunday, according to co-founder Yi He.
๐ Analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis point to North Korea. No official attribution has been made yet.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฅ โRest assured, users' funds are completely safe,โ a Binance spokesperson said. The platform has pledged to cover all losses.
๐ As a reminder: the previous record was set in February 2025. $1.5 billion was stolen from the Bybit platform, a heist that was already attributed to North Korea.
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Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, was hacked on Thursday, October 29. It estimates the impact at $6.3 billion, around four times the previous record.
๐ According to Binance's preliminary investigation, the attack originated from the hacked laptop of one of the platform's DevOps engineers. Using this access, the attacker entered a โservice container,โ an internal Binance environment, and initiated unauthorized withdrawals.
๐ Around $3 billion was frozen with the help of partners. Tether alone blocked more than $1.5 billion in USDT.
๐ Binance suspended all withdrawals. They are expected to resume by Sunday, according to co-founder Yi He.
๐ Analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis point to North Korea. No official attribution has been made yet.
๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฅ โRest assured, users' funds are completely safe,โ a Binance spokesperson said. The platform has pledged to cover all losses.
๐ As a reminder: the previous record was set in February 2025. $1.5 billion was stolen from the Bybit platform, a heist that was already attributed to North Korea.
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