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Binance Says $6.34 Billion Hack Began With Fake Job Interview

Headline from Bitcoin Magazine

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Key points

  • Binance disclosed that the recent $6.34 billion security breach on October 29 resulted from an extensive five-month cyber campaign.
  • According to the exchange's incident report, attackers initiated the breach using a fake job interview, which ultimately led to the compromise of a developer tool containing malicious code that allowed unauthorized access to funds.

Summarized automatically by Kryptokite from reporting by Bitcoin Magazine. Read the original sources for full detail.

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