# Binance says $6.3 billion hack began with fake job interview

https://mins.news/en/item/127333

- CoinDesk, 2026-11-03 14:53 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/11/03/binance-s-usd6-3-billion-hack-began-with-a-fake-job-interview-exchange-says

> Binance says attackers linked to North Korea spent months compromising its employees and internal systems before exploiting the exchange’s hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum’s EIP-7702 mechanism.

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