Incidents
Major security incidents.
Thefts, breaches, vulnerabilities, outages and takedowns, written up once the facts are established, with a source for every figure. An alert goes up first when there’s something to do straight away.
- The Binance theftOn 29 October 2026 attackers took more than $6.3 billion from Binance’s hot wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes. It is the largest theft of cryptocurrency on record. Binance says customer balances are untouched and it will cover the loss.
- The Bybit theftNorth Korean hackers took about $1.5 billion in ether from the exchange Bybit by tampering with the website its staff used to approve transfers. It was the largest theft of cryptocurrency on record until Binance lost more than $6.3 billion in October 2026.