Hackers Stole $6.3B From Binance Via Fake Job Interview Malware

Lessons from the $6.3 billion Binance hack could help shape the next phase of the crypto infrastructure trade.

Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm's system and steal billions, according to Binance.

Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June

An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

They set up a fake company in an elaborate plot to get a Binance software engineer to open a file that set the hack in motion.

Binance's $6.3 billion hack grabbed the headlines, but a massive pile of other underreported crypto thefts and security incidents have popped up in recent weeks.

Binance hackers used fake job interview in $6.3 billion attack

PARIS/DETROIT, Nov 3 : Hackers used a bogus job interview and software hidden in an advertisement to compromise the computers of two Binance software engineers before using a third's computer to [···]

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Noh Korea has rejected US allegations that it was behind the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance, accusing Washington of a political provocation

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A 2024 United Nations report said proceeds from North Korean cyberattacks had 'reportedly helped to fund the country's development of weapons of mass destruction'.

North Korea denied FBI's allegations it was behind the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance.

North Korea has denied its involvement in the recent cryptocurrency heist at Binance, dismissing as 'a trite provocation' a U.S. announcement that North Korean hackers were behind the incident