Binance Suffers $6.3 Billion Hack, Pledges to Cover All User Losses

Binance confirmed the incident but reassured that user funds will be covered in full. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, by means of both users and trading volume across the board, has been hacked. Not a System Compromise According to a recent announcement, the incident “may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions.” Binance further revealed that they haven’t found any private key leak, pledging to share a detailed technical post-mortem as soon as the investigation is complete. Binance’s initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. We have found no evidence of any wallet private key leak. We will share a detailed technical post-mortem once the investigation is complete and the facts are fully verified. The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far. Binance will cover all l...