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Binance Reveals How Fake Job Interviews and AI Tool Abuse Led to $6.43 Billion Theft

Source: The Hacker News · NOV 03, 2026

Binance on Tuesday said the record-setting theft of $6.43 billion in assets from the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange was the culmination of a "sophisticated, multi-stage campaign" that involved the use of a tampered Homebrew installation and recruitment-themed social engineering attack targeting two of its engineers. "It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,"

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