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Binance
Dubai, United Arab Emirates6 sources
Confirmed:Confirmed by the organisation, a regulator or a securities filing. First reported 29 Oct 2026.
Binance hacked by suspected North Koreans, over $6.3 billion stolen
Binance confirmed that approximately $6.3 billion in virtual assets were stolen from its hot wallets in an attack attributed by the FBI to North Korea's TraderTraitor operation. The exchange suspended withdrawals and later resumed them using company funds to replenish 90% of the stolen assets.
- Type
- Ransomware
- Sector
- Finance
- Attributed to
- North Korean state-sponsored group
- First reported
- 29 Oct 2026
- Latest source
- 30 Oct 2026
What to do
- Expect delays if you rely on this organisation's services, and keep records of anything you are owed.
- If you have an account, change that password, and anywhere you reused it.
- Ransomware gangs often leak stolen files. Be wary of anyone contacting you about this organisation.
- If you connect to this organisation (VPN, file transfer, email), review and restrict those links until they confirm containment.
- Check that your own backups are offline or immutable and that you have tested a restore recently.
- Patch internet-facing VPNs, firewalls and remote access first: they are the usual way in.
Not sure? Ask an assistant with the sources attached, or have a coding agent check your systems.
Check your systems for Binance
Sources
6- therecord.media30 Oct 2026therecord.media/binance-hit-by-record-6-billion-crypto-hack
- c-level.folha.uol.com.br30 Oct 2026c-level.folha.uol.com.br/financas/2026/10/binance-brasil-suspende-saques-apos-ataque-hacker-de-us-63-bilhoes.shtml
- mixvale.com.br30 Oct 2026mixvale.com.br/2026/11/02/ataque-hacker-a-binance-rouba-us-63-bilhoes-em-20-minutos
- apnews.com30 Oct 2026apnews.com/article/binance-changpeng-zhao-hack-north-korea-trump-world-liberty-3255f83c8ca64131bd52ca9b4033c17c
- fbi.gov30 Oct 2026fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/north-korea-responsible-for-6-billion-binance-attack
- larazon.bo30 Oct 2026larazon.bo/mundo/2026/10/30/plataforma-binance-confirma-ciberataque-complejo-por-us-6-300-millones
Confidence 90% that this is real and correctly placed. Locations are city centroids at best. Spotted an error? Report a correction.