Binance hackers used fake job interview to get in, steal billions
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What's being reported
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.
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Binance Says Hackers Plotted $6.3 Billion Heist for Months
A report from the cryptocurrency exchange described a monthslong campaign involving fake job interviews that exploited an engineer’s work computer and an internal A.I. tool.
Binance Hackers Used Fake Job Interviews in Record Heist
Binance Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday that the hackers behind a $6.3 billion heist used social engineering techniques including fake job interviews, as well as malicious software, in the most detailed report yet on how the incident unfolded.
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Binance co-CEO Richard Teng says hackers used fake job interviews, AI tool to steal $6.3 billion in crypto 108511116
Binance has replenished 98% of $6.34 billion in affected assets, according to a security report the crypto exchange issued Tuesday.
Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
