More than $6bn was stolen from Binance around Oct 29 by North Korean hackers, the FBI says; it urges crypto services to block listed laundering addresses as stolen assets are converted mainly to Ether.

Elliptic chart as of 30 October 2026 comparing historical crypto thefts; its estimate for Binance is $6.431 billion, with North Korea attribution labelled likely. This predates the FBI attribution.

Published 1 Nov 2026 · 01:37 UTC

FBI ↗ · Source dated 31 Oct 2026

More than $6bn was stolen from Binance around Oct 29 by North Korean hackers, the FBI says; it urges crypto services to block listed laundering addresses as stolen assets are converted mainly to Ether. · ournews.ai