North Korea used LinkedIn, fake job interviews to trick Binance engineer in $6.3 billion hack
Source: Fortune ·
The hackers posed as recruiters, convincing a Binance employee to download a fake "assignment" as part of a broader and sophisticated campaign.
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Binance on Tuesday disclosed that North Korean hackers used a mix of social engineering and malicious software to pull off last week’s $6.3 billion heist, the biggest in crypto history. Speaking to reporters, company executives revealed that the hackers targeted a Binance engineer on LinkedIn and arranged a series of fake job interviews in order to persuade the employee to download an “assignment” that let them invade the company’s systems. In a related report, Binance explained that: “Software Engineer B was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform by an individual posing as a Project Director. Software Engineer B had a profile on the platform that referenced his experience at Binance. The purported Project Director arranged a first-round interview with a HR representative, followed by a second-round interview with an individual claiming to be the CEO of a fictitious company.” The report also provided additional details about a sophisticated months-long scheme that…
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