update: Binance just traced the hack back to a DevOps engineer's laptop. around $6.3B gone, about $3B frozen so far

First reported Oct 30, 2026, 11:58 UTC

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update: Binance just traced the hack back to a DevOps engineer's laptop. around $6.3B gone, about $3B frozen so far TRM Labs and Chainalysis both point to North Korea with high confidence. TRM names TraderTraitor, the unit the FBI named for the Bybit hack. Binance hasn't named… — @mika_systems (X), Oct 30, 2026, 11:58 UTC
My name is not important. My ENS is landlord.eth, and if you were early, you already know it. At 20:05 UTC on Thursday, I was standing in the lobby of my Decentraland penthouse, welcoming guests to the opening of my new gallery. I say guests. Two avatars came. One was me on a… — @gothburz (X), Oct 30, 2026, 15:07 UTC
Good Evening Legends! 🔥 Before my GN, today's crypto highlights: - Binance confirmed about $6.3 billion stolen from its hot wallets on Thursday, the largest crypto theft on record, after an attacker compromised a DevOps engineer's laptop. - TRM Labs and Chainalysis attributed… — @BroosterWeb3 (X), Oct 30, 2026, 19:18 UTC

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