Binance hack: what we actually know, what's still unclear, and the phishing scams to watch for while withdrawals are paused

Plenty of panic in here, so right here's a plain abstract of what Binance and unbiased investigators have stated as of Friday morning. Please right me within the comments if something modifications.

What Binance has stated

• Estimated impression is ~$6.3B; ~$3B frozen on-chain to date with companions
• "Your funds are protected": all losses to be coated from SAFU and firm funds
• Withdrawals are paused while they rebuild the withdrawal service; they say they're on monitor to resume in ~45 hours from their Friday 08:47 GMT replace
• Deposits are working usually
• Initial cause: a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop computer gave access to a service container that submitted unauthorized withdrawals. They've since found "further points of breach." No proof of a personal key leak
• A technical post-mortem and an up to date Proof of Reserves are promised
• Binance.US says it isn't affected

What unbiased investigators say

• TRM Labs and Chainalysis attribute the assault to North Korea's TraderTraitor (Lazarus) group with high confidence. Binance hasn't confirmed attribution
• TRM counts ~$2.7B frozen by Tether, Circle, Ripple, World Liberty and Arbitrum's Safety Council

Still unclear

• Exactly when withdrawals come again (45 hours is a target, not a guarantee)
• Whether or not SAFU alone covers it or how a lot comes from firm funds
• The complete root trigger

Scams to observe for proper now

Attackers love chaos like this. Safety specialists quoted by the BBC flagged the primary three; the final one exhibits up after every massive hack:

• Emails or texts saying your funds are "in danger" and it's essential to act now
• Pretend Binance help accounts in DMs, comments or Telegram offering to assist
• Anybody telling you to maneuver your crypto to a "protected pockets"
• "Recovery" providers promising to get stolen crypto back

Solely trust updates in the Binance app or the official website you sort in your self. Binance help will never ask on your password, 2FA codes or seed phrase. If someone is dashing you, that's your signal to cease.

Anybody seen particular phishing attempts already? Publish them (with links removed) so others can recognize them.