Binance says it has reserved $6.34B+ in company funds, including $5B already held in impacted token assets, to deal with the fallout from the $6.3B hack  —  Binance said on Friday it has reserved more than $6.34 billion in company funds, including $5 billion already held in impacted token assets …

Binance says initial investigation suggests a compromised DevOps laptop may have enabled a ~$6.3B hack; Tether froze 1.5B+ USDT and Circle froze 800M+ USDC  —  Onchain data shows about $3.55 billion in incoming transfers to the unlabeled wallet, with nearly $900 million subsequently moved across other wallets.

Binance reveals that a follow-up investigation has found “additional points of breach” beyond a possibly compromised laptop and says this was a “complex attack”  —  Investigation update: Our initial investigation suggested that the security incident may have involved a compromised laptop, however our subsequent investigation has uncovered additional points of breach. This was a complex attack, and we are doing all we can in coordination with law enforcement...

Binance “temporarily suspended” all deposits and withdrawals as it investigates security issues and works with law enforcement; Binance.US says it's unaffected  —  Tether and Circle freeze billions of dollars' worth of their coins as world's largest crypto exchange investigates security issue

Binance pledges to cover all losses from a ~$6.3B hack, potentially the largest crypto theft ever, surpassing the $1.5B Bybit hack in February 2025  —  Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has pledged to cover all losses from a hack that it said drained around US$6.3 billion from its wallet.

Chainalysis says Binance hackers used automated money-laundering patterns not seen before; Elliptic: almost all of the $6.3B was taken in the first 30 minutes  —  North Korean hackers' attack on Binance takes crypto theft to an unprecedented scale  —  The largest financial theft in history took no more than 30 minutes.