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Binance Hack Followed a Fake Job Interview Trick Its Security Chief Described in July

CoinCentral·November 12, 2026·1 min read
Binance Hack Followed a Fake Job Interview Trick Its Security Chief Described in July

Binance lost $6.3 billion in an October 29 hack linked to North Korea. A Binance engineer downloaded a fake coding test in September, starting the attack. Security chief Jimmy Su had described this exact trick in a July interview. US exchanges follow state rules, not a federal standard. Binance says it is cooperating with authorities.

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