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Binance Says $6.34 Billion Hack Began With Fake Job Interview
Binance’s incident report says the $6.34 billion Oct. 29 theft was a five-month campaign that began with a fake job interview and a poisoned developer tool.
Dextape brief
Binance says a fake job interview opened the path to the $6.34 billion theft, which unfolded over five months before any funds moved. Binance's initial incident report is its first public look at the October 29 attack. The report describes a poisoned software download and a staged recruitment process, plus malware able to slip past endpoint scanners and an internal AI tool turned against wallet engineers. The exchange reports freezing or intercepting roughly $2.85 billion, and it restored 98% of affected tokens using its own money. The FBI linked the hack to North Korea, a link Pyongyang denied, while Binance cites that finding without reaching its own conclusion. Binance is commissioning an independent review and says some technical details will stay private.
Why it matters: The disclosure shows how a months-long campaign built on a fake recruitment process reached an exchange's wallet systems, a warning for any platform that holds customer funds.
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