FBI and Secret Service join response to Binance’s $6.3B hack

Update (Oct. 30 at 9:04 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include FBI and US Secret Service statements reported by Reuters and Bloomberg, along with Binance’s latest recovery and withdrawal plans.

The US FBI and Secret Service have publicly acknowledged their involvement in the response to Binance’s $6.3 billion hack as efforts continue to trace and recover stolen cryptocurrency.

The FBI told Reuters Friday it was working with government and industry partners to assess the incident’s scope and potential impacts and coordinate investigative steps.

Secret Service investigators were also “working around the clock” with private-sector partners to recover stolen funds, a spokesperson told Bloomberg on Friday.