Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and an internal AI tool to pull off the $6.3 billion heist
The Verge's headline. Reported by The Verge, The Japan Times, The Jerusalem Post, The Korea Times, CNBC World.
What The Verge reported
The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process that started with one developer downloading a tampered installer in June apparently spread by a malici
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Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and an internal AI tool to pull off the $6.3 billion heist. The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process that started with one developer downloading a tampered installer in June apparently spread by a malici Covered by 5 publications. The Verge: Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and an internal AI tool to pull off the $6.3 billion heist. The Japan Times: Binance hackers used fake job interviews in record heist. The Jerusalem Post: Binance: Hackers used fake job interview, AI tool to gain access to computers, steal $6.3 billion. The Korea Times: Binance hackers used fake job interview in $6.3 bil. attack. CNBC World: Binance co-CEO Richard Teng says hackers used fake job interviews, AI tool to steal $6.3 billion in crypto.
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- The Verge United States Binance says hackers used fake job interviews and an internal AI tool to pull off the $6.3 billion heist The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process that started with one developer downloading a tampered installer in June apparently spread by a malici 12 h ago · Tier 2
- The Japan Times Japan Binance hackers used fake job interviews in record heist The crypto exchange has said that it will bear the financial cost but the exchange paused withdrawals for almost two days after the incident. 12 h ago · Tier 2
- The Jerusalem Post Israel Binance: Hackers used fake job interview, AI tool to gain access to computers, steal $6.3 billion Binance on Tuesday said that as a result of the hack, it is increasing investment in AI-enabled detection and is working on establishing a security research fund. 18 h ago · Tier 3
- The Korea Times South Korea Binance hackers used fake job interview in $6.3 bil. attack PARIS/DETROIT — Hackers used a bogus job interview and software hidden in an advertisement to compromise the computers of two Binance software engineers before using a third's computer to drain $6.3 billion worth of crypto in last week's record heist, the exchange said on Tuesday. In its initial rep 11 h ago · Tier 3
- CNBC World United States Binance co-CEO Richard Teng says hackers used fake job interviews, AI tool to steal $6.3 billion in crypto Binance has replenished 98% of $6.34 billion in affected assets, according to a security report the crypto exchange issued Tuesday. 16 h ago · Tier 3
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