The major crypto exchange Binance was attacked - the extent of the damage is estimated at 6.3 billion dollars Binance confirmed the leak and temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals. According to the company's initial estimate, the scope of the attack is about 6.3 billion dollars - about 3 billion dollars have already been frozen. The exchange promises to cover all losses from its own SAFU insurance fund and company funds. To put it in perspective, this amount is similar to Fiji's annual GDP, which was about $6.2 billion in 2025. According to the early version, hackers could break into the laptop of one of the DevOps engineers, gain access to the service container and perform unauthorized pull operations. At the same time, the company has yet to find evidence of a leak of private keys of crypto wallets. The investigation continues. Amid reports of the attack, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell in price. Within an hour, more than 600 million dollars worth of transactions were forcibly closed - traders were counting on the growth of cryptocurrencies, but their value decreased. During the day, the liquidation amount approached 1.5 billion dollars, affecting more than 240 thousand merchants. Bitcoin accounted for about $475 million.

The major crypto exchange Binance was attacked - the extent of the damage is estimated at 6.3 billion dollars Binance confirmed the leak and temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals. According to the company's initial estimate, the scope of the attack is about 6.3 billion dollars - about 3 billion dollars have already been frozen. The exchange promises to cover all losses from its own SAFU insurance fund and company funds. To put it in perspective, this amount is similar to Fiji's annual GDP, which was about $6.2 billion in 2025. According to the early version, hackers could break into the laptop of one of the DevOps engineers, gain access to the service container and perform unauthorized pull operations. At the same time, the company has yet to find evidence of a leak of private keys of crypto wallets. The investigation continues. Amid reports of the attack, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fell in price. Within an hour, more than 600 million dollars worth of transactions were forcibly closed - traders were counting on the growth of cryptocurrencies, but their value decreased. During the day, the liquidation amount approached 1.5 billion dollars, affecting more than 240 thousand merchants. Bitcoin accounted for about $475 million.