DHS breach exposes 41,000 employees; Binance hit by $6.3 billion hack
Plus, a fire triggers a brief emergency at the Savannah River nuclear site, DOJ says no FBI or ICE poll monitors, DoorDash buys Instacart, the Brewers win their first World Series, and Patrick Stewart dies at 86.
RUSH NEWSTREAMMorningRUSH DHS breach exposes 41,000 employees; Binance hit by $6.3 billion hack Photo: Axios 01DHS breach exposes records of more than 41,000 employees
A hacktivist group calling itself the Department of Peace obtained data on more than 41,000 current and former Homeland Security employees, including ICE and CBP staff, and the records were posted online Oct. 28. DHS says it is responding.
02Binance hit by $6.3 billion hack; analysts point to North Korea
Binance says a security incident on Oct. 29 affected about $6.3 billion in digital assets, roughly $3 billion of it frozen so far. Blockchain analysts attribute it to a North Korean state-backed unit. Binance has paused deposits and withdrawals and says it will cover all losses.
03Fire triggers brief emergency at Savannah River nuclear site
A fire at the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina led officials to declare a Site Area Emergency on Oct. 28. The fire was put out, the emergency ended at 9:45 p.m., and officials say radiological surveys found no contamination outside the affected facility.
04DOJ says no FBI or ICE staff will serve as midterm poll monitors
In a court filing on Oct. 28, the Justice Department said no FBI or ICE employees will serve as poll monitors for the Nov. 3 midterms. Monitors will come from the ATF, DEA and Bureau of Prisons, unarmed and limited to observing.
05DoorDash agrees to buy Instacart for about $17 billion
DoorDash announced Oct. 29 it will buy Instacart for $65 a share, a deal valued at about $17 billion. Instacart's brand and app will stay. The deal is expected to close in late 2027 or early 2028, and an anti-monopoly group is already urging regulators to block it.
06Patrick Stewart, Picard and Professor X, dies at 86
Sir Patrick Stewart, the stage actor who became Captain Jean-Luc Picard on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' and Professor Charles Xavier in the 'X-Men' films, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. He was 86.
07Brewers beat Rays to win franchise's first World Series
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 on Oct. 28 at Tropicana Field, clinching the series 4-1 and the first World Series title in the franchise's 57-season history. Jacob Misiorowski started; William Contreras was named World Series MVP.