TraderTraitor 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.
TRM Labs says most funds left in about 20 minutes on October 29 across ten chains; Binance says user funds are safe.
Binance says a compromised engineer laptop enabled unauthorized withdrawals and has halted deposits and withdrawals.
TRM Labs ties the host to ransomware and StealC payments and says the seizure may leave infrastructure online.
Binance reports freezing about $3 billion, denies a private-key leak, and says it will cover losses.
Tracing firms suspect North Korea’s TraderTraitor, which Binance has not confirmed; about $2.8 billion, mostly stablecoins, has been frozen.
The exchange froze about $3bn, paused withdrawals, and says customer funds are covered; three firms blame TraderTraitor.
Sweeper contracts and EIP-7702 delegations drained hot wallets; about $2.7 billion was later frozen.
Binance will cover user losses, and close to $3 billion has already been frozen on-chain.
TRM tracked $6.36 billion across ten chains in about 20 minutes; roughly $3 billion is frozen and $2.4 billion remains movable.
Assets moved across 20 blockchains in about 20 minutes; Binance says customer losses will be covered.
TRM Labs says the provider took nearly one-fifth of tracked illicit bulletproof-hosting inflows in 2026, and the seizure may not kill the infrastructure.
Chinese-language phishing kits used about 17,000 domains to steal credentials from Japanese bank and retail customers.
Microsoft and partners seized CoGUI phishing-kit infrastructure tied to over 100 million malicious emails a month.
Microsoft dismantled YAM Store, a phishing marketplace tied to more than one billion malicious messages.
Microsoft and partners disrupted three phishing kits linked to over one billion scam messages worldwide.
The U.K. sanctioned Cryptomus and related crypto platforms accused of laundering funds tied to Russian cybercrime.
Microsoft and police disrupted a phishing marketplace and kits behind more than a billion malicious messages.
Microsoft and partners seized Chinese-language phishing-kit infrastructure that sent more than one billion messages.
Microsoft seized domains used by YAM Store, CoGUI, and Iron Man after more than one billion phishing messages.
Maryland man Jonathan Spalletta was convicted of stealing $53 million by hacking Uranium Finance in 2021.
Treasury sanctioned eight Tren de Aragua members over ATM jackpotting that stole about $40.7 million.
US Treasury sanctioned a Tren de Aragua network accused of ATM jackpotting tied to about $40.7 million in losses.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned a Tren de Aragua network tied to $40.7 million in ATM jackpotting losses.
US Treasury sanctioned alleged Ploutus ATM-malware developer Anibal Canelon Aguirre and associates tied to Tren de Aragua.
Bitget confirms North Korean-linked attackers stole $387.5M via a zero-day in third-party security appliances, deploying web shells and a custom withdrawal tool.
Bitget says attackers exploited a zero-day in an unnamed third-party security product to steal $388 million from hot and warm wallets.
Suspected North Korean hackers stole about $351 million in crypto from Bitget hot wallets.
Microsoft disrupted EvilTokens, an AI-powered phishing platform that compromised 12,000+ email accounts across 10,000+ organizations.
Microsoft and partners seized EvilTokens infrastructure after the phishing service compromised over 12,000 inboxes.
Microsoft dismantled EvilTokens, an AI-assisted device-code phishing service linked to about 12,000 inbox takeovers.
Microsoft's court-authorized takedown of the EvilTokens AI phishing platform led to two UK arrests; the service had access to 12,000+ compromised inboxes.
UK police arrested two EvilTokens admins as Microsoft seized sites used to phish over 12,000 inboxes.
Court-ordered seizure of 50 EvilTokens websites disables an AI-driven PhaaS tied to 12,000 compromised Microsoft inboxes and $1.7M reported losses.
FinCEN urged banks to report cyber scams after a study found $12.7 billion stolen from US victims of crypto investment scams since 2023.
US Treasury's OFAC sanctioned Chinese scam-platform Xinbi Guarantee, which processed $24bn+, and froze $52.8m in linked cryptoassets.
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