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Binance heist estimated at $6.3B, the largest crypto theft on record
Attributed to North Korea's TraderTraitor unit. Binance says it will cover losses.
- Organisation
- Binance
- Disclosed
- 29 October 2026
- Affected
- Not stated
- Data
- Cryptocurrency ($6.3B)
- Attacker
- TraderTraitor (North Korea)
- Severity
- critical
- Region
- Global
- Source
- Al Jazeera ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Binance heist estimated at $6.3B, the largest crypto theft on record”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 29 Oct 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-10-29-binance-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: Al Jazeera, https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/30/binance-says-6-3bn-stolen-in-biggest-crypto-heist-in-history-what-we-know.
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