Binance stopped 57 North Korean cyber threats but fell for a fake job interview

Key points

• Binance disclosed in a security report that it successfully prevented 57 cyber threats linked to North Korea in 2026.
• However, an attacker compromised one of the exchange's engineers through a fake job interview.
• The recruitment scam utilized fabricated identities, staged interviews, and malicious software to gain system access tied to a massive crypto theft.

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