North Korean fake job interviews stole $14.3M before the Binance heist

Chainalysis has attributed more than $14.3 million in crypto losses over the past 18 months to the North Korean fake interview playbook that later targeted Binance. The blockchain analytics firm regards those smaller heists as practice for the $6.3 billion theft. Dozens of fake job interviews led to wallet compromises The losses were from DPRK-linked fake interviews and malware schemes, with targets ranging from individual crypto holders and private wallets to protocols and DAOs. “We’ve identified dozens of other job interview compromises that have led to wallet compromises” at the individual level, said Tom McLouth, a senior intelligence analyst at Chainalysis. Individual losses ranged from tens of thousands of dollars to millions. North Korean crews were “perfecting and evolving their methodology” in those attacks, he said.

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