Hackers broke into the world's largest crypto exchange Binance, its restoration is still ongoing, the damage is estimated at 6.3 billion dollars. Analysts believe this could become the biggest cryptocurrency theft in history, writes Reuters. Binance representatives emphasized that they are making efforts to freeze the stolen funds. By the time of publication, it was reported that the company managed to find out the whereabouts of approximately three billion dollars. The company's founder Yi wrote on the social network X that the security incident may have been related to the hacking of the laptop of an engineer involved in software development and support. According to her, the company found no evidence of a leak of private wallet keys. And he added that Binance would compensate customers for all losses. A message from Binance itself states that deposits are not affected, account renewal is carried out as usual, but withdrawals are suspended due to a security update. "The security team is tracing the full attack path through the compromised computer, which may have been the entry point. A detailed report describing the root cause will be published later," the statement said. The exchange plans to restore within 48 hours. This incident was not the first case of cryptocurrency theft in recent times. According to TRM Labs, in 2025 there were about 150 hacking attempts, which led to losses amounting to 2.9 billion dollars.