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  "id": 18017678,
  "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-18017678",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T19:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/hackers-63bn-binance-heist-malware-bogus-job-interviews-cryptocurrency"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June The hackers behind the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance heist used bogus job interviews, malicious software and an internal AI tool, the company has revealed. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange was compromised in an operation that began with an inadvertent download of malware in June, led to…",
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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"
      },
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        "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"
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      {
        "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"
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        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:50:07.000Z"
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      {
        "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"
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      {
        "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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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Binance says malicious code, fake job interview led to $6.3B hack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/binance-says-malicious-code-fake-job-interview-led-to-6-3b-hack",
        "published": "2026-11-03T21:44:38.000Z"
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