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Binance Hack: Security incident

Attackers tied to North Korea drained roughly $6.4 billion from the world’s largest crypto exchange. Here’s what we know about how it happened, who’s behind it, and what comes next.

StatusUnder review
Reported loss$6.4B
ChainNot specified
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-31T15:01:02.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-31T15:17:19.552Z. Revision: 1.