The former director of Binance Changpeng Zhao announced a hacker attack on the platform. What is known at this time: The attacker can access the internal infrastructure of the encryption exchange through a hacked work laptop of one of the engineers. ▪️ In one transaction, about #036;2.53 billion over 60 Ethereum tokens were transferred, the transaction was made from an address previously completed using Tornado Cash, the assets were sent to a new external crypto wallet. The exchange has suspended activity for input and withdrawal of funds. Volume of frozen funds on Binance exceeds & #036; 2.5 billion and it will grow. Cryptocurrency exchange estimates the total damage from the security incident at #036;6.3 billion. The exchange has begun returning assets to affected users, after reserving more than $6.34 billion of its own funds. Binance covers losses from a hack on its own account and its reserve fund. According to analysts, hackers in North Korea may be involved in the hack. ▪️ Reports of the attack put pressure on the cryptocurrency market: Bitcoin and other digital assets are becoming cheaper. We are in Max.