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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6 articles · newest firstTRM 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 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 investigates possible multi-billion crypto theft
Tether and Circle say they froze more than $2.3 billion linked to the reported incident; Binance has not confirmed theft.
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Tweet claims over $5 billion drained from Binance
The Hacker News post is only a link to a tweet, with no incident details or independent confirmation.
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Uranium crypto exchange hacker convicted for stealing $53 million
Maryland man Jonathan Spalletta was convicted of stealing $53 million by hacking Uranium Finance in 2021.
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