North Korean Hackers Linked to Record $6.3 Billion Binance Crypto Heist, Tracing Back to Compromised Engineer's Laptop

10/30/2026

Binance said on Thursday that a security breach had affected an estimated $6.3 billion in assets, potentially making it the biggest cryptocurrency heist on record. The world's largest crypto...

10/30/2026

Oct 29 - Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact that analysts said could amount to the biggest crypto heist...

10/30/2026

Blockchain analysis firm TRM said that North Korean hackers were behind the $6.3 billion Binance crypto theft.

10/30/2026

Blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs says North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group carried out the $6.36 billion raid, moving funds across 10 blockchains in around 20 minutes

10/30/2026

Binance said in a statement that the estimated impact of the hack was around $6.3 billion and the incident might involve a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop.

10/30/2026

Two analytics firms have attributed the incident to a North Korean hacking unit called TraderTraitor.

10/30/2026

Binance is investigating a suspected $6.3-billion security breach, saying a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop may have enabled unauthorised withdrawals.