Binance Says Hackers Used Fake Job Interviews, AI Tool to Steal $6.3 Billion In Crypto

Binance disclosed that hackers spent several months compromising its systems using deceptive job interviews, a manipulated developer tool, and infiltrated internal AI tools before executing a $6.34 billion crypto heist on October 29. Co-CEO Richard Teng stated that Binance has restored 98% of the affected assets, but continues to purchase the remaining, less liquid ones.

Reports indicate the attack preparations began in June when a Binance Wallet DevOps engineer unknowingly downloaded a tampered Homebrew installation while searching for an AI coding tool online. The company detected the suspicious activity, replaced the engineer's device, and changed credentials as a precaution, but the breach still exposed the engineer and his colleagues to the hackers.

As of Tuesday, Binance has rebuilt the affected wallet system and internal AI tool, replaced compromised devices, decommissioned associated tokens, and expanded security scans across employee devices, according to Teng on Squawk on the Street. The company is also seeking an independent expert review of their security measures and remains actively collaborating with law enforcement and industry partners to trace and freeze the stolen funds.