Binance reports $6.3 billion crypto theft as Hungarian investigations widen
Binance says hackers may have stolen about $6.3 billion in what could be the largest cryptocurrency attack on record, while the exchange and stablecoin issuers have frozen about $3 billion in assets. In Hungary, police are investigating two cases involving the central bank, and authorities have made arrests in a separate ventilator-procurement case. International stories include political uncertainty in Israel, a proposed expansion of military training in Lithuania and a crash involving an EUFOR helicopter in Bosnia.
- Binance reports the largest crypto theft ever, with $6.3 billion possibly missing — Hackers may have stolen about $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, prompting the exchange to suspend deposits and withdrawals, while Binance and stablecoin issuers have frozen about $3 billion in assets and the company has promised to reimburse users.
Original (Hungarian): Minden idők legnagyobb kriptolopását jelentette a Binance, 6,3 milliárd dollár tűnhetett el - Police are investigating cases involving the central bank, including a 3 billion forint bank guarantee — Police have opened investigations into two complaints involving the Hungarian National Bank: one concerning classified operating procurements and another concerning two bank guarantees linked to the central bank headquarters renovation, with suspected fraud and false testimony in the latter case.
Original (Hungarian): A Varga Mihály vezette MNB-t érintő ügyekben is nyomoz a rendőrség, a titkosított beszerzés mellett egy 3 milliárdos bankgarancia ügyét is vizsgálják - Court orders the detention of two suspects in the ventilator procurement case — A court in Győr ordered a man and a woman detained in a tax-fraud and money-laundering case linked to ventilator procurement, in which authorities say a criminal organization was involved and more than one billion forints in assets have been secured.
Original (Hungarian): Két lélegeztetőgép-bizniszes gyanúsított letartóztatását már elrendelte a győri bíróság - Israel faces weeks of political uncertainty after neither side wins a majority — Neither political bloc won a majority in Israel’s election, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance taking 53 seats, the opposition bloc 48 and two Arab parties a record 19, leaving Gadi Eisenkot with difficult coalition choices and the possibility of a prolonged deadlock or another election.
Original (Hungarian): Hetekig tartó politikai bizonytalanság jöhet Izraelben, miután a választáson egyik oldal sem szerzett többséget - Lithuania considers introducing universal conscription amid the Russian threat — Lithuania is considering universal conscription from 2032 and increasing the number of young men receiving basic military training from about 5,000 to 7,500 a year, in a plan awaiting parliamentary approval that could cost up to €120 million.
Original (Hungarian): Litvánia az általános hadkötelezettséget bevezetését mérlegeli az orosz fenyegetés miatt - EUFOR helicopter crashes in Bosnia, killing three — An Italian ICH-47F Chinook helicopter belonging to EUFOR crashed near Brčko, killing three people and injuring 12, while the aircraft was destroyed and the cause is under investigation.
Original (Hungarian): Lezuhant az EUFOR egyik helikoptere Boszniában, hárman meghaltak - Nvidia chief may have had contact with a Chinese intelligence figure; Trump was warned but did not act — US intelligence suspects Megaspeed executive Alice Huang may have passed information to Beijing and says she had contact with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, while the company is being investigated over suspected shipments of Nvidia chips to China and denies wrongdoing.
Original (Hungarian): Kínai hírszerzővel állhatott kapcsolatban az Nvidia vezére, Trumpot is figyelmeztették, de nem lépett - Christine Lagarde to leave European Central Bank presidency early — Christine Lagarde will leave the European Central Bank presidency on February 7, 2027, nine months before her term ends, and the process of appointing a successor has begun.
Original (Hungarian): Lemondott, távozik Christine Lagarde, az Európai Központi Bank elnöke - Orbán Anita meets US secretary of state — Orbán Anita signed agreements with Marco Rubio on developing regional gas and oil infrastructure and strengthening law-enforcement cooperation and information-sharing, while details of the agreements have not yet been disclosed.
Original (Hungarian): Orbán Anita találkozott az amerikai külügyminiszterrel - Canada will not become an associate member of the EU for now — EU member states removed references to Canadian associate membership from a summit declaration draft and agreed only to explore closer cooperation, amid concerns about the proposal’s status, insufficient consultation and Donald Trump’s warning.
Original (Hungarian): Ezt a meccset most Trump és a szkeptikusok nyerték, Kanada nem lesz társult tagja az Európai Uniónak - How students brought down Vučić’s power — The student-led Student List won 53 percent of the vote and an absolute parliamentary majority after a wave of protests that followed the 2024 Novi Sad tragedy, although the election was not free and fair.
Original (Hungarian): Így döntötték meg a diákok Vučić hatalmát - Budget Council raises no fundamental objection to the Magyar government’s first budget — The Budget Council unanimously raised no fundamental objection to the 2027 budget proposal, which forecasts 2.4 percent GDP growth and a 4.9 percent deficit, while noting that EU approval will determine whether the deficit target complies with EU rules.
Original (Hungarian): Nem talált kivetnivalót a Magyar-kormány első költségvetésében a Költségvetési Tanács - Seszták Miklós’s 9 billion forints are missing from both his safe and his asset declaration — A court said Seszták Miklós hid 9 billion forints that have not been found, and the sum does not appear in his asset declaration, while prosecutors suspect him of accepting bribes worth 12.6 billion forints and his detention has been extended.
Original (Hungarian): Seszták Miklós 9 milliárdja nemcsak a páncélszekrényéből, de a vagyonnyilatkozatából is hiányzik - Central bank appoints supervisory commissioner to Matolcsy-linked Quartz asset manager — The central bank appointed a supervisory commissioner to Quartz Asset Management after its detained chief executive became unable to perform his duties, putting the company’s operations and the funds it manages at risk.
Original (Hungarian): Felügyeleti biztost rendelt a Matolcsy-féle Quartz Alapkezelőhöz az MNB, mert az ügyvezetőt letartóztatták - Májer Bálint, wanted in the ventilator procurement case, tells tax authority he will return — Májer Bálint, who is wanted in connection with ventilator procurement, told the tax authority in a letter that he would return to Hungary and participate in the proceedings against him.
Original (Hungarian): Azt ígérte a NAV-nak a lélegeztetőgép-beszerzések ügyében körözött Májer Bálint, hogy hazajön - Matolcsy must be brought from pretrial detention to the central bank inquiry committee hearing — A legal expert says Matolcsy György’s detention does not exempt him from appearing before a parliamentary inquiry committee, and that he must be brought in person for the planned November 5 hearing, though he may refuse answers that could incriminate himself or a relative.
Original (Hungarian): Az előzetesből is be kell vinni Matolcsyt az MNB-botránnyal foglalkozó vizsgálóbizottság ülésére - Excavator caught after clearing 1,000 square metres of protected reeds at Lake Balaton — An excavator operator was caught after illegally destroying about 1,000 square metres of protected Natura 2000 reed beds in Balatonberény, damaging wildlife habitat and injuring a European pond turtle, and police have opened an investigation.
Original (Hungarian): Tetten értek egy munkagépet, amely ezer négyzetméteren legyalulta a védett balatoni nádast - Justice Ministry meets with women’s organizations — The NANE, PATENT and Hungarian Women’s Lobby organizations met with the Justice Ministry to discuss laws protecting victims of violence against women, including restraining orders and contact arrangements, and presented detailed proposals.
Original (Hungarian): Leült egyeztetni a nőszervezetekkel az igazságügyi minisztérium - Social sector to be reorganized with an additional 20 billion forints — The government plans to replace three directorates overseeing child protection and social services with two smaller organizations, while providing a planned 15 percent pay rise for social workers and increasing funding to attract specialists back to the sector.
Original (Hungarian): Húszmilliárd forintnyi plusz és átalakítás jön a szociális ágazatban - Ministry does not answer journalist’s questions, then minister posts pay-rise details on 444’s Facebook page — After the ministry did not respond for eight days to questions about pay rises, Health Minister Hegedűs Zsolt said in a Facebook comment that 192 billion forints a year is planned from 2027 for raises affecting 123,000 health workers, with an average increase of 15 percent.
Original (Hungarian): Újságírói megkeresésre nem reagál a minisztérium, majd a 444 Facebookján kommentben érkezik részletekkel a miniszter - Earnings cap alongside service pensions to be abolished — The government plans to abolish the earnings cap for people receiving service pensions in 2027 and end the 15 percent income tax on those pensions from 2028, affecting police officers and soldiers.
Original (Hungarian): „Most egy régi adósságunkat fogjuk törtleszteni, ami nem is a mi adósságunk” – eltörlik a szolgálati nyugdíj bérplafonját - Magyar Péter and Andrej Babiš agree to seek EU funding for a high-speed railway — At their first joint government meeting, Magyar Péter and Andrej Babiš made securing EU funding for a V4 high-speed railway a priority, discussing a project worth more than €10 billion that could cut travel time between Prague and Budapest to three hours.
Original (Hungarian): Karel Gott és az Omega aláfestésével állapodott meg Magyar Péter és Andrej Babiš, hogy gyorsvasútra gyűjtenek majd Brüsszelben - Record number of members expelled from China’s Communist Party — China’s Communist Party expelled a record 33 members, including 16 military personnel and several senior officials, as its annual meeting focused on discipline and anti-corruption efforts.
Original (Hungarian): Rekordszámú tagot zártak ki a Kínai Kommunista Pártból - British intelligence agency cannot account for thousands of devices containing classified material — A British oversight body says GCHQ cannot account for thousands of data-storage devices that may contain sensitive information, including intercepted communications, despite having been warned about the problem years earlier.
Original (Hungarian): A brit titkosszolgálat nem talál több ezer, titkos anyagokat tartalmazó adathordozót - Pentagon suspects cyberattack behind freezer failures that spoiled food at military bases — The Pentagon is investigating suspected cyberattacks after freezer failures spoiled food at stores on at least six US military bases in August, while investigators are also consulting French authorities about a similar incident.
Original (Hungarian): Kibertámadást sejt a Pentagon a rejtélyes fagyasztóproblémák mögött, amelyek miatt több katonai bázison tárolt élelmiszer is megromlott - How to lose voters in two years: Trump coalition’s decline could help Democrats in midterms — Economic and political dissatisfaction and falling approval ratings have weakened the broad coalition that helped Donald Trump gain support among young Black and Latino voters in 2024, while polls point to Democratic gains and Texas potentially becoming a battleground state.
Original (Hungarian): Hogyan veszítsd el a szavazóidat két év alatt: a Trump-koalíció széthullása demokrata sikerekhez vezethet a félidős választásokon - Trump again boasts about a dementia screening test he says proves his intelligence — At a campaign event in Ohio, Donald Trump again said he had scored perfectly on a cognitive test, which media reports identified as likely the brief MoCA screening used to detect dementia and cognitive impairment.
Original (Hungarian): Donald Trump megint az intelligenciatesztnek hitt demenciatesztjével menőzött kampányolás közben - Nobel laureate opposition leader says Trump’s plan to extract Venezuelan oil lacks transparency — María Corina Machado criticized the transparency of a Venezuelan oil-industry agreement that would give the United States majority control over a significant share of the country’s oil reserves, and objected that the company executive tasked with implementing it is under investigation in several countries.
Original (Hungarian): A Nobel-díjas ellenzéki vezető szerint Trump átláthatatlan módon tervezi kiszivattyúzni a kőolajat Venezuelából - A thousand Colombians have gone missing in the Russia-Ukraine war — Colombia says 256 of its citizens have died and 973 are missing in the Russia-Ukraine war, while estimates suggest at least 7,000 Colombians are fighting in the conflict, many recruited by promises of high pay and security.
Original (Hungarian): Ezer kolumbiai tűnt már el az orosz-ukrán háborúban - Mass brawl breaks out in Armenia’s parliament — A fight erupted between lawmakers from Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party and the opposition Strong Armenia after the deputy speaker threw a chair at opposition members, leaving several people injured and forcing the session to be suspended.
Original (Hungarian): Tömegverekedés robbant ki az örmény parlamentben, úgy csépelték egymást a képviselők, mintha tényleg ezért kapnák a fizetésüket - Hello Kitty controversy prompts Japanese company Sanrio to apologize to Chinese public — Sanrio ended its collaboration with the Japanese series Vivant and apologized after Chinese state media accused the spy thriller of portraying China negatively and showing Chinese agents being tortured.
Original (Hungarian): Mbappé-balhé után Hello Kitty-botrány – ezúttal a japán Sanriónak kellett bocsánatot kérnie a komplett kínai néptől - FIFA could earn more than five times as much from this year’s World Cup as from Qatar — FIFA is expected to earn about $5 billion from ticket sales and hospitality at the 2026 World Cup, more than five times its revenue from the Qatar tournament, and has offered a limited number of $60 tickets for all 104 matches after criticism of high prices.
Original (Hungarian): Több mint ötször annyit kereshet a FIFA az idei vébén, mint a katarin - Toblerone sues over another Toblerone-shaped chocolate — Toblerone owner Mondelēz has sued vegan chocolate maker Catherine’s Originals for alleged trademark infringement, saying its O’bar product resembles Toblerone, while founder Catherine Dodd says the shape represents the letter O.
Original (Hungarian): Perel a Toblerone egy másik, Toblerone alakú csoki miatt - Puskás Academy says government’s tao funding map is misleading — Puskás Academy says the government’s tao funding map is misleading because it omits money the club passed on to youth programs at ten sports organizations outside Hungary, but it has not disclosed how much of its 45.4 billion forints in funding went to them.
Original (Hungarian): A Puskás Akadémia állítja: megtévesztő a kormány tao-térképe, a milliárdok egy részével a határon túli utánpótlást támogatták - Tiborcz-linked Waberer’s to take a new name — After shareholder approval, Waberer’s may continue as W Solum Holding Nyrt., a name intended to reflect its logistics, insurance and property-development activities, while interests linked to Tiborcz István own about 55 percent of the company.
Original (Hungarian): Új nevet kap a Tiborcz érdekeltségébe tartozó Waberer's - BKK to put stickers inside vehicles to help validate digital tickets — From the second half of October, QR-code stickers inside vehicles will help passengers validate digital tickets on all BKK surface routes, while surcharges for fare violations will rise from November 2.
Original (Hungarian): Hatalmasat újít a BKK: felmatricázzák a járművek belsejét - Nightclub in Budapest’s party district catches fire — A fire broke out at a venue on Kazinczy Street on Thursday evening, burning across about 200 square metres before firefighters extinguished it, with everyone inside escaping unharmed.
Original (Hungarian): Kigyulladt egy szórakozóhely a bulinegyedben - Drunk driver found drinking beer at the wheel after car went into ditch — Police found a heavily intoxicated 46-year-old man drinking beer in his car after it went into a ditch near Gyöngyösfalu, and no one was injured.
Original (Hungarian): Ittasan árokba borult az autójával egy férfi, a rendőrök a volánnál sörözgetve találtak rá - Man sentenced to prison for keeping dogs chained without food or water in freezing weather — A man in Drégelypalánk received a final sentence of one year and two months in prison for keeping two dogs chained without food or constant access to water, causing one to die and the other to be rescued severely weakened.
Original (Hungarian): Letöltendőt kapott a drégelypalánki férfi, aki étlen-szomjan tartotta leláncolva a kutyáit a januári zimankóban - Gádoros deputy mayor resigns after penis photo appears on his Facebook page — The deputy mayor of Gádoros resigned after an image of a male genital organ appeared on his Facebook page, saying his account had been hacked and the image did not depict him, while retaining his council seat.
Original (Hungarian): Lemondott a gádorosi alpolgármester, miután egy péniszfotó jelent meg a Facebook-oldalán - Hankó Balázs’s barber will not be allowed into prison to cut the former minister’s hair — Prosecutors rejected Hankó Balázs’s request to have his Budapest barber cut his hair at Kecskemét prison, though he can appeal the decision.
Original (Hungarian): Hankó Balázs fodrásza nem mehet be a börtönbe levágni a volt miniszter haját - Sportrádió to close — The Media Council approved the public media service’s request to close the National Sports Radio from November 1, citing financial unsustainability and freeing its Budapest frequency.
Original (Hungarian): Újabb NER-es hagyaték tűnik az életünkből, megszűnik a Sportrádió - Patrick Stewart, Star Trek’s Captain Picard, dies aged 86 — Actor Patrick Stewart, known for playing Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at his Los Angeles home aged 86.
Original (Hungarian): 86 éves korában meghalt Patrick Stewart, a Star Trek Picard kapitánya - Tyúkól #72: Where are women in science, and do they want to be there? — Sociologist Koltai Júlia discusses why women make up only 30–35 percent of researchers in Hungarian science and become less represented in senior positions, including discrimination, social expectations and the lack of female role models.
Original (Hungarian): Tyúkól #72: Hol vannak a nők a tudományból? És egyáltalán, szeretnének ott lenni? - Sivák Zsófia wins Capa Grand Prize with stark photographs of rural pubs — Sivák Zsófia won the 2026 Robert Capa Hungarian Photography Grand Prize for Hitel nincs, a series about rural pubs, and will exhibit in Vienna in 2027 and take part in a month-long artist residency.
Original (Hungarian): Nyomasztó kocsmafotókkal nyerte Sivák Zsófia a Capa Nagydíjat - Possible new dwarf planet discovered beyond Pluto — Astronomers at Chile’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered a possible dwarf planet beyond Pluto, named ED138, whose size must be determined before it can be officially classified.
Original (Hungarian): Új törpebolygót találhattak a Naprendszerben, a Plútón túl - London woman sues over Montenegrin embassy flag, saying it harms her mental health — A Pimlico resident has sued Westminster Council, arguing that the Montenegrin embassy and its flag worsen her mental health and that the council ignored the effects on residents when granting permits.
Original (Hungarian): Egy londoni nő perre ment a montenegrói nagykövetség zászlaja miatt, azt állítva, hogy a látványa és a külképviselet közelsége teljesen tönkreteszi a mentális egészségét - Tickets go on sale for 444’s new documentary premiere — The documentary Bakpakk, which follows fourteen Budapest teenagers through a school year in a special class, will premiere at the Verzió Film Festival on November 20 and 24, with discussions after both screenings.
Original (Hungarian): Már lehet jegyet kapni a 444 új dokumentumfilmjének premierjére, itt az utolsó esély, hogy csatlakozz támogatóként! - Orbán Anita to meet Marco Rubio on Thursday after a two-day delay — Orbán Anita is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Thursday after a two-day postponement, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed before the talks.
Original (Hungarian): Orbán Anita két nap csúszással találkozik csütörtökön Marco Rubióval - The mother of all lists and the question of why everyone would not confess to Orbán — The newsletter reviews investigations into two procurements linked to the Hungarian National Bank, new details about central-bank assets and ventilator purchases, as well as domestic politics, US midterm prospects and a new Tyúkól podcast episode.
Original (Hungarian): Minden listák anyja és a kérdés, hogy miért ne vallana mindenki Orbánra - Magyar Péter on Orbán’s UN secretary-general bid: ‘A mafia boss should not lead the United Nations’ — Magyar Péter said a reported proposal to back Orbán Viktor as a joint US-Russian-Chinese candidate for UN secretary-general would risk turning the organization into a criminal enterprise.
Original (Hungarian): Magyar Orbán ENSZ-főtitkárságáról: Ne egy maffiafőnök vezesse az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezetét! - Rubble bags, vacuum bags and tamping: hiding 9 billion forints is not easy — A court said 9 billion forints had been kept in Seszták Miklós’s safe before it was found empty during a search, and the article examines the practical difficulties and possible methods of hiding such a large amount of cash.
Original (Hungarian): Sittes zsák, vákuumzacskó, döngölés – nem is olyan könnyű 9 milliárd forintot elrejteni, ha az ember ész nélkül vág bele - A ‘FideSZDSZ’ forms as signatories protest accountability proceedings against Fidesz figures — A statement initiated by Schiffer András and signed by current and former Fidesz politicians, commentators and former SZDSZ and MSZP figures criticizes the rule of law in criminal proceedings, while the article says it relies on insinuations rather than specific evidence.
Original (Hungarian): Összeállt a FideSZDSZ, aláírók egészen fantasztikus listája tiltakozik a fideszes bűnözők felelősségre vonása ellen - How long would you serve for Orbán Viktor? — The article argues that proceedings against former operators and beneficiaries of the NER are beginning after its fall, and says the system’s nonviolent character has made accountability possible.
Original (Hungarian): Uram, ön mennyit ülne Orbán Viktorért? - Fresh controversy surrounds Sárvár’s Sportfólió company as council backs investigation — Sárvár’s opposition called for an investigation into Sportfólió Kft. after a company director’s hearing raised suspicions of budget fraud, and the council approved proposals for an audit and the director’s temporary suspension.
Original (Hungarian): Újra balhé van a sárvári Sportfólió Kft. körül, költségvetési csalást orrontanak, leszavazták a fideszes polgármestert
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