North Korean hackers used a fake job interview to infect employees’ computers, according to the exchange’s report.
In June, engineer A installed malware. Security replaced his device and changed all access, but the attackers already knew the engineers’ roles.
In September, engineer B was offered a job at a non-existent company by a “project director.” He passed two interviews and downloaded a malicious “test assignment.”
On October 20, through his infected computer, hackers reached Binance’s internal AI tool and gained access to the computers of engineers A and C.
On October 29, using that data, they launched the attack.
Binance said the hack affected $6.34 billion in assets, of which about $2.85 billion was frozen.
“We have already reserved more than 100% of the funds needed to cover the losses,” the exchange said.
The report also mentions the FBI’s version that North Korean authorities are behind the hack. #northkorea
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