Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto

Binance has confirmed to TechCrunch that it is dealing with a security incident as users reported that funds were being drained from the crypto exchange’s wallets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange said in an emailed statement to TechCrunch that it is “aware of reports of a potential security issue and are actively investigating.”

币安已向 TechCrunch 证实，由于用户报告称该加密货币交易所的钱包资金正在流失，公司目前正在处理一起安全事件。这家全球最大的加密货币交易所在给 TechCrunch 的电子邮件声明中表示，公司“已知悉有关潜在安全问题的报告，并正在积极调查中”。

“Rest assured that user funds are completely safe,” Binance said in a statement. “Our security teams are reviewing all relevant information with urgency, and we will provide updates through official Binance channels as soon as we have verified information,” the statement added. “Users should remain cautious of scams and should not trust unofficial links, messages, or requests for account information.”

“请放心，用户资金是完全安全的，”币安在声明中表示。“我们的安全团队正在紧急审查所有相关信息，一旦核实，我们将通过币安官方渠道提供最新消息，”声明补充道。“用户应警惕诈骗，不要相信非官方的链接、消息或账户信息索取请求。”

Binance spokesperson Ross O’Leary said that Binance has “temporarily suspended withdrawals on multiple networks following a security incident as a precautionary measure.” News of the breach comes hours after Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said in a post on X that the company had been likely hacked.

币安发言人罗斯·奥利里（Ross O’Leary）表示，作为预防措施，币安在发生安全事件后“已暂时暂停了多个网络上的提现功能”。在这一漏洞消息传出前几小时，币安创始人赵长鹏在 X 上发帖称，该公司很可能遭到了黑客攻击。

Zhao, who no longer runs the company but is its largest shareholder, said that he expects users’ funds to be “fully covered,” but did not provide an explanation for the claim. Financial tech giant Circle froze about $800 million in Tether as it passed through its networks, while crypto giant Tether itself froze about $1.56 billion related to Binance’s hack.

赵长鹏虽然不再管理公司，但仍是其最大股东。他表示预计用户的资金将得到“全额赔付”，但并未对这一说法做出解释。金融科技巨头 Circle 在约 8 亿美元的泰达币（Tether）通过其网络时将其冻结，而加密货币巨头泰达币公司本身也冻结了约 15.6 亿美元与此次币安黑客攻击相关的资金。

Crypto watchers say at least $2 billion has been drained from Binance’s hot wallets, which are internet-connected cryptocurrency wallets that store crypto that are connected to the internet. By some estimates, Binance may have lost upwards of $5.7 billion in crypto, though the numbers have not been confirmed and it’s possible that the theft is ongoing.

加密货币观察人士称，至少有 20 亿美元从币安的热钱包中被转走，热钱包是指连接互联网并存储加密货币的钱包。据一些估计，币安损失的加密货币可能高达 57 亿美元，尽管这些数字尚未得到证实，且盗窃行为可能仍在持续。

It’s unclear who is behind the hack, and Binance did not say if it had received any correspondence from the hackers. If confirmed into the billions, this would likely rank as one of the largest crypto breaches in history, according to leaderboards tracking crypto thefts.

目前尚不清楚谁是此次黑客攻击的幕后黑手，币安也未透露是否收到过黑客的任何联络。根据追踪加密货币盗窃案的排行榜，如果损失金额被证实达到数十亿美元，这很可能成为历史上规模最大的加密货币安全漏洞事件之一。

In 2025, hackers stole a record $1.4 billion in crypto in a single breach from exchange Bybit, blamed on North Korean hackers. In what appears to be a separate incident earlier on Thursday, prediction market giant Polymarket briefly halted trading after it confirmed that a third-party company was compromised, which led to the company pausing withdrawals.

2025 年，黑客从 Bybit 交易所窃取了创纪录的 14 亿美元加密货币，该事件被归咎于朝鲜黑客。在周四早些时候发生的另一起看似独立的事件中，预测市场巨头 Polymarket 在确认一家第三方公司遭到入侵后短暂停止了交易，这导致该公司暂停了提现。

According to security researchers, hackers stole around $2 million in user funds after compromising a piece of software developed by a company called DebugBear.

据安全研究人员称，黑客在入侵了一家名为 DebugBear 的公司开发的软件后，窃取了约 200 万美元的用户资金。