Binance Reveals How Fake Job Interviews and AI Tool Abuse Led to $6.43 Billion Theft

Binance on Tuesday said the record-setting theft of $6.43 billion in assets from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange was the culmination of a « sophisticated, multi-stage campaign » that involved the use of a tampered Homebrew installation and recruitment-themed social engineering attack targeting two of its engineers.

« It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident, »