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Binance Says a Fake Job Interview Became a Very Real Custody Problem
· New York time
Binance says hackers used a fake recruitment approach to target an engineer in a $6.3 billion crypto hack. The exchange told NPR that North Korean hackers tricked the engineer into believing he was being recruited for a job. The episode puts custody and security at the center of a business that depends on protecting digital assets. It also shows how an apparently ordinary hiring contact can become part of a much larger security breach, according to the exchange's account. The claimed amount makes the incident significant for the global crypto industry, where customers depend on platforms to safeguard holdings they cannot physically inspect. Crypto firms sell access to a new financial infrastructure, but this account describes an attack beginning with an old workplace ritual: an invitation to discuss a job. The interview, it appears, had an entirely different position in mind.
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