Binance says hackers stole about $6.3 billion in crypto assets on 29 Oct, in what it calls the largest heist of its kind. The exchange says attackers used fake job interviews and tampered software to compromise two engineers' computers, starting in June. Hackers kept moving funds for nearly four hours after the first theft was detected. Binance says it has replenished 98% of the affected assets and is repaying all customers whose funds were taken. The FBI has linked the attack to North Korean hackers, a claim Pyongyang rejects.
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3 November 2026
Customers have withdrawn a net $4.72 billion since Binance lifted its temporary suspension, while the exchange reports that 95 percent of the affected tokens have been replenished and hourly deposits now exceed withdrawals. The FBI attributes the theft of more than $6 billion to the North Korea‑linked group TraderTraitor, which it says was converting the stolen assets into Ethereum for further laundering. North Korean officials, speaking through Kim Yo Jong, reject the accusations as absurd political rhetoric. The incident is described by experts as possibly the largest crypto‑exchange heist on record.
29 October 2026
North Korea fired roughly a dozen short‑range ballistic missiles from the Wonsan area on 29 Oct, each traveling about 250 km toward the East Sea, according to South Korean military sources. Seoul’s National Security Office labeled the launches a breach of UN Security Council resolutions and convened an emergency meeting, while the United States and Japan receive shared intelligence. The same day, South Korea accused North Korea of placing landmines south of the Military Demarcation Line, a claim Pyongyang denied and warned could provoke retaliation.