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A confirmed $6.3 billion Binance breach sparked a marketwide sell-off, wiping out more than $1.54 billion in crypto positions, mostly leveraged longs.

Binance disclosed a multibillion-dollar security breach affecting its Ethereum wallet, with cybersecurity analysts attributing the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group. The exchange has suspended deposits and with...

Binance announced it will resume withdrawal services within 48 hours after a precautionary pause to conduct security checks. The exchange estimates $6.3B in funds were stolen across multiple blockchain networks, with nea...

Ripple froze roughly $200 million in RLUSD tied to a potential exploit on Binance, joining Tether and Circle in blocking stolen funds after unauthorized transfers estimated at $6.3 billion left Binance-linked hot wallets...

Criminals posing as Wells Fargo's fraud department stole over $7,500 from an Orlando couple by convincing them to share verification codes sent to their phone.

TRM Labs and independent researcher ZachXBT have identified North Korea's Tradertraitor unit as the likely perpetrator of the Binance hack, the largest cryptocurrency theft on record. The attacker retains approximately $...

BNB token declined more than 8% in 24 hours to approximately $694 after Binance disclosed a major security breach involving a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop. The exchange estimates the incident's impact at $6.3 bil...

Following a reported $6.36 billion breach at Binance, Elon Musk has cautioned that autonomous AI agents may eventually conduct cyberattacks to obtain cryptocurrency funding. Recent AI incidents suggest such autonomous be...

Multiple cybersecurity firms have attributed the Binance hack to TraderTraitor, a North Korean-linked group also connected to other major crypto thefts including the Bybit hack and a $300 million DMM Bitcoin exploit.

A coordinated attack on Binance began with a $296 million XRP drain, with investigators tracing the attacker's preparations back 36 hours to Oct. 28. The theft, confirmed at $6.36 billion, represents the largest cryptocu...

Binance has completed an initial investigation into a security incident that resulted in unauthorized cryptocurrency withdrawals. The exchange identified a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop as the entry point and conf...

Bitcoin fell to $76,350 before rebounding above $78,000, while nearly 240,000 traders were liquidated for $1.52 billion after Binance confirmed a major hack.

The post Binance Hack News Today: Tether And Circle Freeze Stolen Funds As Losses Hit $5.7 Billion appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News Binance has confirmed a major security breach after attackers sent unauthorised ...

Binance has confirmed a major security incident estimated at $6.3 billion in total impact, with the breach reportedly stemming from a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop. Bitcoin dropped sharply as the news circulated.

Forty-eight wallets associated with Bloom, an automated trading service, lost 9,408 SOL in October through transfers signed by the wallets' own keys. Bloom attributed the incident to a third-party vulnerability but has r...

Binance's preliminary investigation suggests a DevOps engineer's laptop compromise led to unauthorized withdrawals totaling an estimated $6.3 billion. The exchange reported no evidence of private key theft and committed ...

U.S. authorities have restrained more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency as criminal networks expand fraud operations from Southeast Asia into Africa and Europe. The Justice Department's Scam Center Strike Force has charg...

Prediction platform Polymarket lost $2.7 million after attackers exploited a third-party analytics tool vulnerability, while Ledger's Singapore supply chain was compromised for an additional $2.7 million in losses.

Binance stopped withdrawals on Thursday evening as investigations revealed illicit transfers worth billions of dollars, marking one of the biggest crypto losses on record.

Binance suspended withdrawals on October 29 after analysts tracked up to $5.8 billion in suspicious transfers across multiple blockchains. Tether and Circle have frozen more than $2 billion in tokens, while the exchange ...