BIZINSIDER · 2026-11-03 20:47 UTC

Binance says hackers used fake job interviews to pull off a $6 billion crypto heist

Binance suffered a $6.3 billion crypto theft on October 29 after a months-long sophisticated attack campaign, with hackers using fake job interviews to infiltrate the company. An engineer downloaded a tampered AI coding tool in June, and in September another engineer was targeted through a fake job interview that led him to download malicious code onto his work computer. CEO Richard Teng said Binance takes full responsibility, no users bear losses, 98% of impacted tokens have been replenished, and $2.85 billion has been frozen or intercepted with law enforcement.

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