Binance reports record $6.3 billion crypto theft, possibly via compromised DevOps engineer laptop
- Severity
- Critical
- Sources
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What happened
Binance's early findings suggest a compromised DevOps engineer laptop gave access to a service container used to submit unauthorised withdrawals, with no evidence of wallet private key leakage. Binance says investigators have found additional breach points. TRM Labs estimates about $6.36 billion left wallets across ten blockchains, mostly within about 20 minutes, and TRM Labs and Chainalysis attribute the theft to TraderTraitor. Binance says about $3 billion is frozen, while Elliptic says about $3.3 billion was converted into unfreezable assets. No CVEs were given. Binance.US was not affected. Users should rely on official channels, never share authentication codes, and treat recovery offers as likely scams.
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What to do
- If you have an account with the company, change that password, and anywhere you used the same one.
- Turn on two-step sign-in where you can.
- Expect scam emails and texts that mention the breach: contact the company yourself, not through links.
General advice for this kind of story