Binance says compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop may have enabled $6.3B security incident

Approximately $3 billion in affected assets have been frozen on-chain, while Binance has committed to covering all losses. Binance said a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer may have allowed an attacker to access a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. The exchange’s initial investigation found no evidence of a wallet private key leak, while estimating the incident’s total impact at around $6.3 billion. Binance has frozen approximately $3 billion in affected assets on-chain and pledged to cover all losses through its SAFU fund and company funds.