NYPOST · 2026-11-03 16:48 UTC

Binance says North Korean hackers conducted fake job interviews to hack engineer's laptop in $6.3B heist

North Korean hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance in what experts call the largest bank heist in history, using a sophisticated scheme that began in June with tampered software and fake job interviews. The attackers posed as a fake company, conducted phony interviews with Binance engineers, and tricked one into downloading malicious code that gave them access to deployment credentials. On October 29, hackers used stolen credentials to drain billions from crypto wallets in 20 minutes; the FBI linked the attack to North Korean state-backed group TraderTraitor.

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