Binance reports $6.3 billion crypto theft traced to engineer laptop

Briefing by News4U · First published 2026-10-31 05:50:58 UTC

ITHome reported that Binance said a DevOps engineer’s laptop was breached, allowing attackers to drain about $6.3 billion in roughly 20 minutes on 29 October; stablecoin issuers froze $2.7 billion while attackers still control about $2.4 billion, including over 420,000 ETH and 18,270 BTC. [1]

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1. 全球最大加密货币盗窃案：20 分钟转走 63 亿美元，币安溯源是工程师笔记本失守

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