Thursday evening, an attacker drained Binance hot wallets across ten blockchains in about 20 minutes. Binance's own estimate is ~$6.3B impact; Chainalysis puts the theft at ~$5.9B and TRM Labs at $6.36B — different counts, same event. About $3B was frozen, including $2.3B in USDT/USDC. Binance says its initial investigation points to a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop, that it will cover all losses from company funds, and that user funds are safe. TRM attributes it to TraderTraitor, North Korea's elite unit — an investigator attribution, not an adjudicated fact. Sources: CoinDesk · CNN · TRM Labs.

Los Angeles County's Registrar-Recorder confirmed Thursday it received federal grand-jury subpoenas last week directed at employees, with appearances set for Nov. 4. Reuters, which saw copies, says they seek records on detecting "unlawful voting by aliens" and the county's response to DOJ warning letters. Whether the staff are targets is unclear. Separately, DOJ said it has charged 156 immigrants with unlawful voting or registration in its pre-midterm push. This lands the day after Judge Carter rejected DOJ's bid to set aside the ~20,000 disputed ballots; the 9th Circuit appeal is the live court fight. Sources: NPR · Reuters.

Mary Peltola said in Juneau Thursday: "I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbent… I am not interested in tricking voters." AP reports DOJ has issued new grand-jury subpoenas and records-preservation demands since the NYT report tying her aides and DSCC staff to recruiting same-name spoiler Daniel J. Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered a state criminal investigation the same day. No charges against anyone; the allegation is still the Times' reporting, denied by all named parties. Sources: AP.

The RNC announced Thursday that Trump's rallies in Salina, Kansas (Sat) and Dubuque, Iowa (Sun) are off, replaced by 20+ tele-rallies. The RNC's stated reason: Republicans are "in a strong position" in both states. Trump said he doesn't feel he has to go to Kansas because Sen. Roger Marshall is "doing very well." The polls cut the other way: CNN has Democrat Adam Hamilton leading Marshall 49–45 in Kansas, and a Marist poll had Democrat Josh Turek ahead in Iowa. His last in-person rally is Friday in Daytona Beach, FL. Sources: USA Today · USA Today.

At ~2:15pm PT Thursday, a Robinson R22 training helicopter collided with an Airbus AS350B3 near McMinnville Municipal Airport, southwest of Portland. Killed: instructor Maddie Aasbo, 22, of Texas, and a UK student pilot (name withheld) in the R22, and Tyler Sturdevant, 38, of Newberg, OR, in the Airbus. Early FAA occupant assignments were reversed by the sheriff's updated account — these are the corrected figures. Highway 233 was closed. NTSB leads the investigation; no cause yet. Sources: USA Today · CNN.