North Korean hackers behind $6.3B Binance heist used fake job interviews to plant malware
Polymarket · x · 2026-11-03
Per Polymarket's breaking report, the North Korean hackers responsible for Binance's $6.3 billion heist tricked an engineer into downloading malicious code via fake job interviews.
Fake-recruitment social engineering has become a signature Lazarus-linked tactic against the crypto industry — a reminder to treat unknown interview requests and test tasks with suspicion.
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