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Binance Says $6.34 Billion Hack Began With Fake Job Interview

Bitcoin MagazineMicah Zimmerman2h ago8/10

Binance's incident report traces the $6.34B October theft to a five-month campaign starting with a fake job interview and a poisoned developer tool.

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