Binance $6.43B theft

Binance

Binance suffered a $6.43 billion theft due to a sophisticated, multi-stage campaign involving social engineering and AI tool abuse.

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Check Binance's official advisory for a fix and restrict access to your Binance accounts and API keys meanwhile.

First seen: 3 Nov 2026
Last update: 3 Nov 2026, 22:18 UTC
Source: news

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## Binance $6.43B theft
Severity: unknown. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: Binance

Binance suffered a $6.43 billion theft due to a sophisticated, multi-stage campaign involving social engineering and AI tool abuse.

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for Binance. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.
2. No source names a fix yet; check the vendor advisory. Until one ships: restrict network access to it.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/binance-reveals-how-fake-job-interviews.html https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/03/north-korean-fake-job-interview-led-to-63b-binance-heist/5307398
https://pwned.coffee/i/binance-6-43b-theft

Timeline

3 Nov 2026, 22:18 UTC
Reported by theregister.com: North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist
3 Nov 2026
First reported.

Receipt

Exploitation: No known exploitation
Score: No CVSS published yet: severity unknown.
Last checked: 4 Nov 2026, 08:18 UTC

Sources: KEV – CVE record – Vendor –

Sources

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