The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was under attack by hackers, the founder and former director of the exchange, Changfeng Zhao, said on the social network X. According to him, the funds of the users are safe. According to him, the largest issuers of stablecoins blocked the stolen assets: for example, Kisher froze about 971 million dollars, Circle - about 823 million dollars. Binance also confirmed the attack and announced an investigation into the incident. Due to the incident, the exchange suspended all transactions. The platform estimated the damage at $6.3 billion. Zhao reported a possible hack of Binance at 00:15 Moscow time. At 00:29 Moscow time, the platform confirmed this information and assured that the client's funds are safe. Binance reported that the cause of the incident could have been a compromise of the laptop of one of the company's employees. As mentioned, the hack allowed the attacker to gain access to the service container and initiate unauthorized transactions to withdraw funds. As a precaution, Binance has deauthorized the address in question. The company also engaged law enforcement and blockchain analytics partners in the incident to track and recover funds. The company also stated that there is no evidence that the private keys from the wallets were leaked as a result of the security incident. Binance has announced a temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals until the security review is complete. The exchange works with law enforcement, issuers, blockchain analytics companies and industry partners to track and freeze assets it believes have been stolen. The company clarified that about 3 billion dollars have already been blocked. Binance has announced the suspension of trading on the alpha trading platform. Trading will resume immediately after the problems are resolved, the exchange said in a statement. The CoinDesk portal, citing data from the blockchain analytics platform Arkham, reported that the damage to Binance could reach $5.7 billion.

The cryptocurrency exchange Binance was under attack by hackers, the founder and former director of the exchange, Changfeng Zhao, said on the social network X. According to him, the funds of the users are safe. According to him, the largest issuers of stablecoins blocked the stolen assets: for example, Kisher froze about 971 million dollars, Circle - about 823 million dollars. Binance also confirmed the attack and announced an investigation into the incident. Due to the incident, the exchange suspended all transactions. The platform estimated the damage at $6.3 billion. Zhao reported a possible hack of Binance at 00:15 Moscow time. At 00:29 Moscow time, the platform confirmed this information and assured that the client's funds are safe. Binance reported that the cause of the incident could have been a compromise of the laptop of one of the company's employees. As mentioned, the hack allowed the attacker to gain access to the service container and initiate unauthorized transactions to withdraw funds. As a precaution, Binance has deauthorized the address in question. The company also engaged law enforcement and blockchain analytics partners in the incident to track and recover funds. The company also stated that there is no evidence that the private keys from the wallets were leaked as a result of the security incident. Binance has announced a temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals until the security review is complete. The exchange works with law enforcement, issuers, blockchain analytics companies and industry partners to track and freeze assets it believes have been stolen. The company clarified that about 3 billion dollars have already been blocked. Binance has announced the suspension of trading on the alpha trading platform. Trading will resume immediately after the problems are resolved, the exchange said in a statement. The CoinDesk portal, citing data from the blockchain analytics platform Arkham, reported that the damage to Binance could reach $5.7 billion.