Binance founder warns users of scams as Bitcoin steadies after record hack

Changpeng Zhao flagged a wave of scams targeting hack victims while Bitcoin clawed back from a six-week low Changpeng Zhao has a message for Binance users: the hackers may be gone, but the scammers just arrived. The Binance founder warned on November 2 that fraudsters are actively targeting people caught up in the exchange’s record-breaking breach. On October 29, 2026, attackers drained approximately $6.3 billion from Binance’s hot wallets. That makes it the largest hack in history, and it touched 10 blockchains. Blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis attributed the breach to TraderTraitor, a group linked to North Korea.