Binance puts the hack at $6.3 billion: what you can do now

On October 29, 2026, Binance said for the first time where the attack on the exchange is believed to have started: on a work device. According to the preliminary investigation the company published on its account on X, the incident may involve the compromised laptop of a DevOps engineer. Through that device an attacker is said to have gained access to a service container and from there submitted unauthorized withdrawal transactions. In the same statement, Binance put the estimated total damage at around $6.3 billion. That is the first figure to come from the exchange itself.