🚨 "Fake job interview"… How did North Korea cause Binance’s biggest-ever hack, worth $6.3 billion?
CoinDesk revealed Hollywood-style details about the inside story of the most devastating attack and how it was contained:
🔹 The trap: The attackers impersonated recruiters, and the victim was an engineer who downloaded a malicious file onto his work computer during a fake interview!
🔹 Artificial intelligence: The hackers used an internal AI tool to access wallet engineers’ computers and steal credentials.
🔹 The technical vulnerability: On October 29, hackers exploited the EIP-7702 feature on the Ethereum $ETH network to take control of the hot wallet. The attack lasted a full 4 hours!
🛡️ Binance’s response and reassurance to users:
• $2.85 billion was frozen immediately.
• 98% of affected tokens were fully covered and compensated using the company’s own funds.
• Users’ funds are completely safe, and no one will incur any losses.
🕵️♂️ The FBI has officially pointed the finger at groups backed by North Korea.
$BTC
CoinDesk revealed Hollywood-style details about the inside story of the most devastating attack and how it was contained:
🔹 The trap: The attackers impersonated recruiters, and the victim was an engineer who downloaded a malicious file onto his work computer during a fake interview!
🔹 Artificial intelligence: The hackers used an internal AI tool to access wallet engineers’ computers and steal credentials.
🔹 The technical vulnerability: On October 29, hackers exploited the EIP-7702 feature on the Ethereum $ETH network to take control of the hot wallet. The attack lasted a full 4 hours!
🛡️ Binance’s response and reassurance to users:
• $2.85 billion was frozen immediately.
• 98% of affected tokens were fully covered and compensated using the company’s own funds.
• Users’ funds are completely safe, and no one will incur any losses.
🕵️♂️ The FBI has officially pointed the finger at groups backed by North Korea.
$BTC