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Binance blames fake job interview for $6.3 billion hack
Original: Binance says fake job interview led to $6.3 billion crypto heist
Binance says North Korean hackers stole roughly $6.34 billion in digital assets after tricking an employee with a fake job interview. The victim installed malware during the bogus interview, allowing the attackers to compromise the company's wallet infrastructure and drain funds. It ranks among the largest crypto thefts ever recorded, and attention is focused on how social engineering targeted a single worker to breach a major exchange.
Why now: The sheer scale of the theft and the unusual social-engineering method make it a major security story.
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- Binance says fake job interview led to $6.3 billion crypto heist · BleepingComputer
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance says North Korean hackers used a fake job interview to trick an employee into installing malware that ultimately let them compromise the company's wallet infrastructure and steal about $6.34 billion in digital assets.
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