✔ VERIFIED First reported by CoinDesk · Nov 3, 14:53 UTC · updated Nov 4, 01:53 UTC
Binance Hack: How Fake Job Interview and Tampered Software Led to $6.3 Billion Crypto Theft
TLDR: Hackers compromised two Binance engineers through a tampered tool in an ad and a fake job interview. Attackers moved 233.46 million XRP from five hot wallets in four minutes on October 29,…
Common to all reports: Binance · $6.3 billion · Fake Job Interview · AI · $6.34
Confirmed by 11 sources
- CoinDesk (crypto newsroom · US) · Nov 3, 14:53 UTC · read at the source
- The Defiant (crypto newsroom · US) · Nov 3, 14:57 UTC · read at the source
- TheStreet Crypto (major outlet · US) · Nov 3, 15:18 UTC · read at the source
- BBC (major outlet · Europe) · Nov 3, 16:19 UTC · read at the source
- Bitcoin Magazine (crypto newsroom · US) · Nov 3, 16:44 UTC · read at the source
- The Hacker News (crypto newsroom · International) · Nov 3, 16:55 UTC · read at the source
- Fox Business (other outlet (not yet rated) · US) · Nov 3, 18:18 UTC · read at the source
- Nextgov/FCW (other outlet (not yet rated) · International) · Nov 3, 18:41 UTC · read at the source
- BleepingComputer (crypto newsroom · US) · Nov 3, 20:05 UTC · read at the source
- Cryptopolitan (crypto newsroom · International) · Nov 3, 20:55 UTC · read at the source
- Blockonomi (crypto newsroom · International) · Nov 4, 01:53 UTC · read at the source
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Tags: Regulation, Hack/Exploit, Security, XRP
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