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  "id": 18027393,
  "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",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T21:44:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6194069-binance-hack-north-korea-tradertraitor/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Binance said Tuesday that a $6.3 billion hack of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange was the result of a \"multi-stage campaign,\" including a malicious software download and a fake job interview. Hackers, whom both the FBI and outside analysts have linked to North Korea, moved billions of dollars' worth of crypto out of Binance wallets...",
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        "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": "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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