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Binance ties $6.3bn heist to malware and fake job interviews
Binance says hackers used malware, bogus job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool to drain hot wallets; $2.85bn has been frozen or intercepted.
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Binance has detailed how hackers carried out a $6.3bn hot-wallet raid, saying an engineer's inadvertent malware download in June and a fake recruitment process in September enabled the October attack. The exchange says $2.85bn of the drained funds has been frozen or intercepted, and that withdrawals have resumed.
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