Compromised Engineer’s Laptop Triggers $6.3 Billion Binance Cyber Heist; Exchange Freezes $3B and Pledges Full Reimbursal
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance confirmed on Friday, October 30, 2026, that a security breach leading to an estimated $6.3 billion in unauthorized withdrawals was traced back to a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop. The attack—now considered the largest cyber heist in digital asset history—did not involve a wallet private key leak. Instead, the attacker utilized elevated privileges … Read more