Binance Hack Caused by Fake Job Interview Engineer

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Binance said a staff engineer inadvertently downloaded malicious code to his work computer to complete an assignment for a job interview, part of several steps since June that eventually allowed attackers to gain access to Binance’s system and conduct a $6.3 billion hack. The #(Cool) Dev engineer didn’t realize the job interview was for a fictitious company, however. https://www.bbc.com/news/..
Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
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Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack

An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

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