DAILY MAIL · 2026-10-30 07:29 UTC

Crypto giant Binance falls victim to $6.3-BILLION heist as North Korea is suspected of being behind biggest hack in history

Binance reported a $6.3 billion heist, potentially the largest in history, with North Korean hackers suspected; the company claims user funds are safe and will cover all losses. Investigation suggests a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop enabled unauthorized withdrawals; roughly $3 billion in assets have been frozen on-chain. Bitcoin dropped 3.2% to under $79,000; Tether and Circle froze $1.5 billion and $800 million respectively in response to the incident.

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