{
  "id": 18008190,
  "title": "Binance hackers used fake job interview in US$6.3 billion attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-hackers-used-fake-job-interview-in-us-6-3-billion-attack",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T18:50:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/binance-hackers-used-fake-job-interview-in-us6-3-billion-attack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Binance announced a record US$6.3 billion heist carried out through a fake job interview and malicious software hidden in an advertisement in a November 3 report. The hackers infiltrated the computers of two Binance software engineers using a compromised tool downloaded from the internet in June. In September, a second engineer unknowingly downloaded malicious code after an interview with a fictitious company. On October 29, the hackers used the compromised systems to steal 233.46 million XRP from Binance's hot wallets, followed by other cryptocurrencies. The FBI attributed the attack to a North Korean hacking group, which North Korea denied. Binance reported detecting and preventing 57 suspected North Korea-linked cyberthreats in 2026, highlighting the growing vulnerability of digital assets to cybercrime.",
  "summary": "Fake job interviews are a well-known hacking technique.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Binance says hackers used fake job interview to compromise computer before $6.3 billion attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-says-hackers-used-fake-job-interview-to-compromise-computer",
        "published": "2026-11-03T14:51:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Insurance Journal",
        "title": "Binance Hackers Used Fake Job Interviews in $6.3 Billion Heist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-hackers-used-fake-job-interviews-in-6-3-billion-heist",
        "published": "2026-11-03T15:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "How fake job interviews helped hackers steal $6.34 billion from Binance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/how-fake-job-interviews-helped-hackers-steal-6-34-billion-from-binance",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:38:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "Binance reveals hackers used fake job interviews, malicious code in $6.3bn heist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-reveals-hackers-used-fake-job-interviews-malicious-code-in-6",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:51:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Hackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/hackers-behind-6-3bn-binance-heist-used-malware-and-bogus-job",
        "published": "2026-11-03T19:00:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Wired",
        "title": "Binance Says Hackers Used Well-Known Tricks to Carry Out a $6.34 Billion Heist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-says-hackers-used-well-known-tricks-to-carry-out-a-6-34",
        "published": "2026-11-03T19:04:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "How $6,43 billion was stolen from Binance through fake interviews",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/how-6-43-billion-was-stolen-from-binance-through-fake-interviews",
        "published": "2026-11-03T19:32:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}