Binance ties roughly $6.3 billion crypto theft to a laptop
TRM and Chainalysis blame North Korea's TraderTraitor, while Binance says it has not identified who is responsible and will cover losses.
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12 articles · newest firstTraderTraitor drained about $6.36 billion from Binance wallets
TRM Labs says most funds left in about 20 minutes on October 29 across ten chains; Binance says user funds are safe.
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Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist
Elliptic verified $2.8 billion frozen, mostly USDT and USDC, while Binance says private keys were not breached.
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Binance links $6.3 billion crypto theft to compromised laptop
TRM and Chainalysis attribute the October 29 theft to North Korea’s TraderTraitor; Binance has not named a culprit.
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TRM ties $6.36 billion Binance theft to TraderTraitor
Sweeper contracts and EIP-7702 delegations drained hot wallets; about $2.7 billion was later frozen.
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Binance reports about $6.3 billion stolen in crypto heist
Binance will cover user losses, and close to $3 billion has already been frozen on-chain.
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Binance loses about $6.3 billion in heist linked to TraderTraitor
TRM tracked $6.36 billion across ten chains in about 20 minutes; roughly $3 billion is frozen and $2.4 billion remains movable.
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Binance suspends transfers after reported theft of up to $5.7 billion
Binance says it will cover losses; a preliminary laptop compromise and multi-billion-dollar freezes remain under investigation.
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Binance says incident hit $6.3 billion; nearly $3 billion frozen
Binance blames a compromised DevOps laptop for unauthorized withdrawals and says SAFU will cover losses.
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Binance probes suspected theft of up to $5.7 billion
Binance has not confirmed the loss, says user funds are safe, and issuers froze about $2.38 billion in stablecoins.
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Binance investigates suspicious transfers of up to $5.8 billion; Tether and Circle freeze stablecoins
No breach is confirmed; the funds' ownership and whether transfers were authorized remain unknown, and stablecoin freezes cannot recover Ether or Bitcoin.
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Binance pauses withdrawals amid suspected theft from crypto wallets
Circle froze about $800 million and Tether about $1.56 billion; watcher estimates of billions stolen are unconfirmed.
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