Binance stopped 57 North Korean cyber threats but fell for a fake job interview

Binance said it thwarted 57 suspected North Korea-linked cyber threats in 2026, yet a fake interview compromised one of its engineers. The disclosure, in the exchange's Nov. 3 security report , reveals how attackers used a recruitment scam involving staged interviews, fabricated identities, and malicious software to access systems involved in the $6.34 billion cryptocurrency theft on Oct. 29 . The operation succeeded despite Binance's security team identifying and preventing dozens of suspected North Korean intrusion attempts during the year, including campaigns using fraudulent job interviews and compromised developer tools. The FBI attributed the theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor operation on Oct. 31, describing an ongoing effort to steal cryptocurrency and launder the proceeds through decentralized finance platforms.

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