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Last updated Wednesday, November 4, 2026 — 5:45 AM EST
A postmortem published by Binance describes how a North Korean hacking unit worked for months, through a fake job offer, poisoned software and the exchange’s own internal AI tool, before stealing $6.34 billion on October 29.
Binance said it had replaced about 95 per cent of the assets stolen in the $6.3 billion attack attributed to North Korean hackers, as customers withdrew a net $3.64 billion in the first day of reopened trading.
The FBI blamed North Korea for the $6.3 billion theft from crypto exchange Binance, the largest cyber heist on record, as the company reported $3.64 billion of customer outflows after resuming withdrawals.
Binance suspended withdrawals after a theft of about $6.3 billion, the largest crypto heist on record, its founder said. Digital assets fell across the market as news of the loss spread.
