NEW YORK TIMES · 2026-11-03 17:04 UTC

Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Crypto Heist for Months

Binance reports hackers spent months planning a $6.3 billion theft, beginning with a fake job interview to compromise a software engineer in September and planting malicious code on his work computer. On October 20, hackers used the compromised computer and Binance's AI tool to access wallet team engineers' systems, then deployed software permissions to drain hot wallets over four hours on October 29. The FBI attributed the attack to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit; about $2.85 billion has been frozen, and Binance said it would cover customer losses and has already replenished 98%…

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