Confirmed1 source articles · Official disclosure checkedUpdated 5 Nov 2026
Binance Security Incident
Unauthorized access1 source
What happened
Binance's hot wallets were compromised, resulting in unauthorized withdrawals of funds, with a loss of approximately $6.3 billion in tokenized assets, as stated by Binance:
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Reported impact
An affected population has not been established in the accepted evidence.
- Disclosure date
- 30 Oct 2026
- Data access
- exfiltrated
Source evidence
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binance.com01
Security Incident Institutional Update #2 (2026-10-30) | Binance Announcement on Binance Square
Retrieved 5 Nov 2026
our hot wallets were compromised, resulting in a loss of approximately $6.3 billion in tokenized assets.
Original statement
2 more excerpts
Security Incident Institutional Update #2 (2026-10-30)
Original statement
We take full responsibility for addressing this security incident, strengthening our security infrastructure, and ensuring our users are protected.
Original statement
Updates and corrections
All times UTCRevision 4
Incident acknowledged. Incident category revised
Revision 3
Confirmation status revised. Affected data revised. Incident date revised. Incident category revised
Revision 2
Source evidence updated.
Revision 1
Incident published