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Binance
crypto exchange · Global (ADGM-licensed group; users worldwide)
What happened
Hot wallet signing path: about USD 6.3B (Binance) to 6.43B (Elliptic) withdrawn by the attacker across BTC, ETH, Tron, SOL, XRP, NEAR and others.
45 hour withdrawal halt for all users; phased reopening since 1 Nov; customers have moved several billion dollars off the venue; about USD 3B of stolen stablecoins frozen by issuers; attacker repositioning XRP and selling SOL.
Confirmed affected parties
- Stablecoin issuers froze about USD 2.4B to 3B (Tether, Circle more than 1.1B USDC, others)
- Withdrawal halt to all Binance users 29 Oct to 1 Nov
What remains unknown
- Root cause and full post-mortem (unpublished)
- Phase two networks and start time on 3 Nov
- Reserve ratios and liabilities (ZK proof gives inclusion and 1:1 claims only)
- Whether any frozen funds will be returned
- Exact FBI alert text (primary unreachable)
Losses: USD 6.3B stolen (Binance); about 95% replenished from company funds (Binance claim); none recovered from the attacker
Capital around this company
- Listed investorInvestor portfolio pageMGX Fund Management Limited
The investor's portfolio page lists the company; current status is not stated. A portfolio listing is not a disclosed stake size or control position.
Sources
- Binance Security Incident Recovery Update #5 (baseline) · 2026-11-02 12:45 (zone not shown)
- Binance announcement list, category 161 (newest security item Recovery Update #5, 2 Nov) · 2026-11-02
- DefiLlama Binance CEX tracked reserves API (latest point 2026-11-02T19:29Z) · live; latest point 2026-11-02T19:29Z
- Binance completes latest proof of reserves as it works to restore assets, withdrawals after record hack (The Block) · 2026-11-02T16:52Z (11:52 EST)
- Binance on X: withdrawals restored for Ethereum (USDC, USDT, ETH) and BSC (USDC, USDT, BNB) · 2026-11-01
- Binance sees $3.64 billion in net outflows as withdrawals resume (CNBC, baseline) · 2026-11-02T05:09Z (updated)
- CoinDesk live updates: Binance records USD 6 billion outflows after starting withdrawals (baseline) · 2026-11-02
- mempool.space address checks for Elliptic-listed BTC addresses (baseline) · live
- XRPSCAN: attacker XRP account and six child accounts (baseline) · live
- Solana RPC: attacker SOL holders (baseline) · live
- FBI cyber alert: North Korea Responsible for USD 6 Billion Binance Attack (second attempt, HTTP 403) · 2026-10-31
- Web search: Binance root cause post-mortem (none published; latest coverage BleepingComputer DevOps laptop, Decrypt additional breach points) · 2026-10-29 to 2026-10-30
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