NPR · 2026-11-03 21:30 UTC

A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced

Binance suffered a $6.3 billion cyber heist by North Korean state-sponsored hackers (FBI-identified unit TraderTraitor) who used social engineering to compromise a Binance engineer. Hackers posed as a fake company recruiter on a job platform, built trust through fake interviews with fabricated social media profiles, then tricked the engineer into downloading malicious code during a supposed second interview. Binance has replaced most stolen cryptocurrencies using its own funds and announced an independent cybersecurity review.

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