Binance: hackers used fake job interview to breach PC before $6.3B attack
entryleveljobsc · hn · 2026-11-04
Reuters reports Binance disclosed that attackers behind a $6.3B hack initially compromised an employee's personal computer via a fake job interview that installed malware, a social-engineering vector increasingly common in crypto industry breaches.
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