Binance says its initial investigation points to a compromised DevOps engineer laptop that let an attacker reach a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawals, with no wallet private key leak found so far (post).

Binance says its initial investigation points to a compromised DevOps engineer laptop that let an attacker reach a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawals, with no wallet private key leak found so far (post).

It puts the estimated impact at around $6.3B, with about $3B frozen onchain with partners, and says it will cover all losses via SAFU and company funds (post).

Deposits and withdrawals remain suspended while it completes security checks, revoked the affected address authorization, and works with law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace and recover funds (post, earlier).

BNB traded about $712.77 on Binance spot, down about 4.4% in 24h.