$6.3 billion out of Binance: a deep dive into the biggest crypto heist ever
1. The theft in one minute On 29 October 2026, Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, watched about $6.3 billion leave its own wallets. The theft took about four hours, crossed roughly ten blockchains, and is the largest crypto theft on record. The attacker did not break any cryptography and did not steal a private key. Binance says it found no sign of a key leak, and