Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist

By Matt Burgess · Wired · Tuesday, 3 November 2026 at 19:04 (7h ago) · Original article ↗

Suspected North Korean attackers duped an engineer with a fake job interview and a malicious download to gain a foothold in the crypto firm’s system and steal billions, according to Binance.

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