Binance now says it has found more than one point of breach, and expects withdrawals to resume within about two days. Investigators point to a North Korea-linked group.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, says about $6.3 billion in digital assets was affected by a security breach that began late on Thursday, October 29. If the figure holds, it would be the largest theft in the history of crypto, roughly four times the $1.5 billion taken from the Bybit exchange in February 2025.
In a statement, Binance said its preliminary investigation suggests a software engineer's laptop may have been compromised, giving the attackers access to internal systems and allowing them to start unauthorised withdrawals from the exchange's internet-connected "hot" wallets. The company said it had found no evidence that any wallet private keys were leaked.
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