$6.3 Billion Binance Hack: Unraveling the Sophisticated Scheme Behind the Crypto Heist

11/06/2026

The hackers who stole $6.3 billion from Binance last week found a way to take 40% of the stolen cryptocurrency in one hit, reducing their chances of being caught in the act, and it cost them just $15.

11/05/2026

Hackers behind the $6.3 billion theft from Binance Holdings Ltd. are moving some of the stolen cryptocurrency through Chinese money-laundering networks, according to the blockchain analytics firm...

11/05/2026

The hacking group has been behind some of the crypto industry's most recent high-profile thefts.

11/05/2026

Gate's tracked assets slipped to $5.943 billion, and Bitstamp barely moved, so not every major rival gained ground.

11/05/2026

But crypto can still be a viable investment for those who understand the risks and manage them well.

11/04/2026

The hackers who stole billions of dollars in cryptocurrency from the Binance exchange spent months working on the theft and used both social engineering and novel malware in the process, the...

11/04/2026

Suspected North Korean theft of $6.34bn came after months-long campaign that made use of compromised software, fake job interviews

11/04/2026

Perpetrators laid groundwork for months before ultimately staging the attack last week.

11/04/2026

Binance is calling it a "sophisticated, multi-stage campaign" and "not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident."

11/04/2026

Binance's own asset estimate stood at $157 billion on Monday, down from $171 billion.

11/04/2026

While a tougher cold storage rule could protect customer assets from hackers, smaller exchanges may struggle to process withdrawals quickly.

11/05/2026

US regulators have reportedly reached out to banks after last week’s Binance hack, according to Reuters—an episode regulators and cybersecurity specialists say is forcing closer scrutiny of how...

11/05/2026

Federal Reserve and OCC supervisors started calling U.S. banks to check for vulnerabilities after the $6.3 billion Binance hack. On the same day the calls started, a new OCC and FDIC rule took...

11/05/2026

Democrats revisit CZ pardon after Binance experienced a major hack, putting the founder’s influence and exchange security under scrutiny.

11/05/2026

For years, the digital-asset industry has sought to shake up finance by stripping away the intermediaries, delays and controls that govern the movement of money on Wall Street. The pitch: faster...

11/04/2026

Binance is now sharing more information about the major hack that resulted in $6.3 billion being stolen from the crypto exchange last week.The cryptocurrency company previously called the incident...

11/04/2026

Around $2.85 billion of the stolen $6.34 billion has been frozen, Binance said, meaning that the attackers could not use it or convert it to another currency