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Investigators have linked the attack to North Korea, according to the supplied CoinDesk report.
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Binance reports a $6.3 billion crypto-asset exploit exceeding its emergency fund, forcing the exchange to arrange customer-loss coverage
Investigators have linked the attack to North Korea, according to the supplied CoinDesk report.
- The Wall Street Journal: The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- Bloomberg: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates a security incident that has so far resulted in the freezing of more than $2.5 billion in assets. The suspected hack sent digital tokens tumbling. 📷: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
- Axios: Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history
- CoinDesk: Binance loses over $6 billion in 'biggest crypto hack in history'
- Financial Times: Binance halts withdrawals after record $6.3bn heist
- The New York Times: Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday that hackers had stolen some $6 billion in digital coins in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history. The company said it halted withdrawals and customers would get lost money back. Here’s what to know.
- CNBC: Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked
Binance Grapples With ‘Security Incident’ That May Cause $6.3 Billion in Losses
The world’s largest crypto exchange was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever.
Reporting
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates a security incident that has so far resulted in the freezing of more than $2.5 billion in assets. The suspected hack sent digital tokens tumbling. 📷: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, suspended all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates a security incident that has so far resulted in the freezing of more than $2.5 billion in assets. The suspected hack sent digital tokens tumbling. 📷: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
- Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history
Crypto exchange Binance is investigating what could be the biggest crypto hack in history as users saw upwards of $5.7 billion in funds drained from wallets Thursday afternoon. Driving the news: Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, who is no longer an executive at the company, said on X that the crypto exchange appears to have been hacked, although a company spokesperson says it's still investigating the matter. The Binance spokesperson said the exchange's security teams are "reviewing all relevant information with urgency." The big picture: If estimates hold up, the suspected Binance hack would be the biggest crypto attack in history. In 2025, North Korea-linked hackers stole about $1.5 billion worth of crypto from the Bybit exchange.
- Binance loses over $6 billion in 'biggest crypto hack in history'
CoinDesk reports that Binance suffered an exploit affecting approximately $6.3 billion in crypto assets, with the exchange pledging to cover losses and investigators linking the attack to North Korea.
- Binance halts withdrawals after record $6.3bn heist
World’s largest crypto exchange says an engineer’s laptop was compromised in major security breach
- Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday that hackers had stolen some $6 billion in digital coins in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history. The company said it halted withdrawals and customers would get lost money back. Here’s what to know.
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said on Thursday that hackers had stolen some $6 billion in digital coins in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history. The company said it halted withdrawals and customers would get lost money back. Here’s what to know.
- Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked
Crypto exchanges make it easier to buy, sell and store digital assets, but they come with risks, too. - Crypto exchanges make it easier to buy, sell and store digital assets, but they come with risks, too.
- Binance Grapples With ‘Security Incident’ That May Cause $6.3 Billion in Losses
The world’s largest crypto exchange was compromised in what could be the biggest crypto heist ever. One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea’s elite hacking unit.” - BREAKING NEWS: Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said that it had halted withdrawals after hackers stole more than $6 billion.
- Binance’s $6.3bn heist is the biggest... but not the first
Security breach at world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is latest in wave of digital thefts
- Gone in 20 minutes: How the biggest heist in crypto history unfolded
Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, in a record digital asset theft.
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- Binance loses about $6.3 billion in a crypto exploit, exceeding its emergency fund as the exchange pledges to cover customer losses
- Binance faces a $6.3 billion crypto-asset exploit exceeding its emergency fund, forcing the exchange to cover customer losses
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked
- Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked
- Binance loses $6.3 billion in crypto heist—what happens to your money when an exchange gets hacked
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- Binance halts withdrawals after record $6.3bn heist
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- The biggest heist in crypto history has blown past Binance’s emergency fund. How the exchange is rushing to cover the $6.3 billion hack. 🔗
- Binance Grapples With ‘Security Incident’ That May Cause $6.3 Billion in Losses
- Tech scare trade hits Nasdaq futures while crypto reels from its biggest-ever hack
- Binance’s possible hack triggers $3bn freeze in crypto assets
- Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach
- Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach
- Crypto exchange Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach
- Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history
- Binance probes possible $5.7 billion crypto hack, possibly the biggest in history
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