Binance's $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, exchange says

North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism. The $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, the exchange says, marking one of the largest thefts in crypto history and exposing vulnerabilities in employee security protocols.