Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was the victim of a massive heist in late October. Approximately US$6.36 billion (£4.74 billion) of funds were stolen within the space of 20 minutes in an attack that has been described as the largest of its kind in history. The source of the attack has not yet…

Dusan Zidar The cyberattack on crypto-asset exchange Binance is potentially the largest theft of its kind on record. Binance has estimated the assets stolen at an eye-watering US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion). On October 29, 2026, analytics firms reported that large amounts of crypto-assets had been moved from wallets…

The Binance theft, which analysts say could be the biggest financial robbery ever, adds to a string of recent crypto thefts

A North Korean hacking group known as TraderTraitor, or Lazarus Group, may be behind the theft of more than $6 billion from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, according to analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis, the BBC reported.

North Korean hacking unit TraderTraitor targets Binance wallets on 10 blockchains, moving the funds out in about 20 minutes

An initial investigation suggests the breach may have started with a hacked laptop belonging to one of its engineers