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The suspected hack at Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, discovered 29-30 October 2026. Binance has confirmed $2.54bn frozen, outside trackers say up to $6.3bn may be gone, and North Korea's Lazarus Group is the lead suspect.

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  1. Binance processed $4.65 billion in withdrawals and $1.01 billion in deposits within hours of reopening, leaving $3.64 billion in net outflows as customers rushed to move funds off the platform.

  2. The FBI said on 31 Oct that North Korea's Lazarus Group (TraderTraitor) stole the $6.3bn from Binance. Binance has now covered 90% of the losses from its own funds. Read the story

  3. Binance says it has now covered about 90 to 95 percent of the $6.3 billion stolen and will start reopening withdrawals in phases from 1 November 2026, covering 15 networks first including Bitcoin, Ether and BNB. Binance says it will cover all user losses itself. Read the story

  4. US investigators have linked the Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking unit, moving the case from analyst suspicion toward an official finding.

  5. Binance confirmed $2.54 billion frozen and rising toward $3 billion, while outside reports and blockchain trackers put the real damage as high as $6.3 billion. Binance blames a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop. TRM Labs and ZachXBT point to North Korea's Lazarus Group. Read the story

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FBI confirms North Korea stole $6.3 billion from Binance. It has paid back 90%

The FBI said on 31 October 2026 that North Korea's Lazarus Group stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange, in the worst hack in crypto's history. Binance says it has now covered 90% of the losses from its own funds. Here is what is confirmed, what is still a guess, and who is being blamed.

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