CNBC · 2026-11-06 18:48 UTC

Fake job interview scams like the one that hit Binance are getting more sophisticated. Here are the new signs to watch for

Binance announced a security breach impacting $6.34 billion in digital assets, enabled in part by fake job interviews with a software engineer. The engineer was contacted via a legitimate job platform by someone posing as a project director, then interviewed by a purported HR representative and a supposed CEO. The FBI's IC3 tallied employment-related scam losses of roughly $363 million in 2025, up from $264 million the year before, with about $13 million tied to AI-involved employment scams.

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