CNN · 2026-10-30 04:08 UTC

World's largest crypto exchange hit by world's largest heist

Hackers stole over $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, in what investigators attribute to North Korea. Binance said a hacked engineer's laptop allowed unauthorized access to digital wallets and withdrawal transactions; the exchange said it would cover all losses and that user funds are safe. Crypto-tracking firms TRM Labs, Pangolin Intelligence, and Chainalysis attributed the heist to a North Korean hacking unit based on on-chain and off-chain intelligence.

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