One laptop cost Binance $6.3 billion. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause was a compromise of the laptop of one of the DevOps engineers, which allowed the attacker to gain access to the service container and initiate unauthorized withdrawal transactions. At the same time, the company emphasized that no evidence of leakage of private keys of wallets was found. As a precaution, the platform temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals, deauthorized the affected address, and engaged law enforcement and blockchain analytics experts to locate and recover the assets.

One laptop cost Binance $6.3 billion. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause was a compromise of the laptop of one of the DevOps engineers, which allowed the attacker to gain access to the service container and initiate unauthorized withdrawal transactions. At the same time, the company emphasized that no evidence of leakage of private keys of wallets was found. As a precaution, the platform temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals, deauthorized the affected address, and engaged law enforcement and blockchain analytics experts to locate and recover the assets.