Over the course of a few hours, the attacker drained Binance hot wallets across 11 blockchains.
Elliptic said the attacker drained Binance hot wallets across 11 blockchains over a few hours.
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- Hacken says the attacker emptied hot wallets on 10 blockchains. Elliptic says 11 blockchains. The captured quotes do not reconcile the two counts. Compare with Hacken wrote that on the evening of 29 October 2026 an attacker emptied Binance hot wallets on 10 blockchains. (Hacken). Side by side
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Elliptic said the FBI has previously attributed the Bybit and DMM Bitcoin thefts to TraderTraitor.
The FBI has previously attributed the Bybit and DMM Bitcoin thefts to TraderTraitor.
Elliptic said the long preparation, the apparent targeting of staff and the use of Binance's own systems to sign transactions resemble earlier TraderTraitor thefts, including Bybit.
The long preparation, the apparent targeting of staff and the use of Binance's own systems to sign transactions resemble earlier TraderTraitor thefts, including Bybit.
Elliptic said it identified common service usage between those laundering the Binance funds and those behind three earlier thefts attributed to TraderTraitor, from BigONE, WOO X and AFX.
Elliptic has identified common service usage between those laundering the Binance funds and those behind three earlier thefts attributed to TraderTraitor, from BigONE, WOO X and AFX.
Elliptic said Tether froze the main attacker Ethereum wallet 37 minutes later, locking 1.18 billion USDT.
Tether froze that wallet 37 minutes later, locking 1.18 billion USDT in place
Elliptic said it had verified $2.85 billion of frozen or seized funds, 44% of the theft.
Elliptic has verified $2.85 billion of frozen or seized funds, 44% of the theft