Binance revealed that hackers used fake job interviews, malicious software and an internal AI tool to breach its systems and steal around $6.43 billion in crypto across 11 blockchains on 29 October.
AnaisAttackers stole about $6.3 billion from Binance's hot wallets, and South Korea's financial regulator has told local exchanges to tighten security and keep more customer funds offline. It is also considering lifting the cold wallet minimum from 80% to as much as 99%, though smaller exchanges warn this could slow withdrawals.
WeatherlyMore than $133 million in crypto was taken from an EU financial institution over a weekend, with most of it withdrawn through Kraken, Crypto.com and OKX accounts before being swapped and moved on. ZachXBT now says the victim is allegedly French bank Credit Mutuel Arkea, while Kraken says it has restricted the accounts and is working with law enforcement to recover the funds.
AnaisBitMart has admitted it was hacked on 2 November 2026, with about $391,000 reportedly taken from wallets linked to the exchange and sent to an address also used in the Mercado Bitcoin attack. Mercado Bitcoin lost tens of millions of dollars that same day, and BitMart's founder believes the same group was behind both.
WeatherlyOpenAI has added GIF creation to ChatGPT with its new Images 2.6 release, letting users turn a prompt or photo into an animation they can speed up, edit frame by frame and share. The update, launched on 4 November 2026, also brings faster image generation and two new developer models, though some accounts have yet to receive the GIF feature.
AnaisCoinbase says it was not hit by the $6.34 billion Binance hack and that over 99% of customer assets sit in offline cold storage, with split keys, transfer limits and kill switches guarding the rest. Binance's attackers got in by targeting two engineers with a fake job interview and a tampered download, which shows that protecting keys alone does not stop unauthorised transfers.
WeatherlyHackers got into Hybe’s internal systems through an outside vendor’s document preview tool, on 12 to 13 September and 3 to 5 October 2026, and took personal details of current and former staff and partner company workers, including passport numbers, bank details and medical records. Hybe has reported the breach to the authorities and is telling those affected, but it has not said how many people were hit.
AnaisCrédit Mutuel Arkéa has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack in which hackers used an outside service provider's platform to make fraudulent transfers out of the bank's own accounts. The bank says the situation is under control and customers will not lose money, though it has not confirmed the final loss.
WeatherlyArkansas has sued Kalshi, saying the prediction market runs an unlicensed gambling business and lets people as young as 18 place real-money bets on sports. The state wants repayments, penalties, unpaid taxes and a court order to stop it, while Kalshi insists its contracts are federally regulated and outside state gambling law.
AnaisHackers stole about $48.6 million from Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin, and blockchain records show money kept leaving customer accounts for hours after the company said the attack was over. The exchange has promised to cover customer losses, but it has not explained how the thief kept access, and deposits, withdrawals and trading remain closed.
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