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TRX Post recounts Binance hack allegedly starting with fake job interview malware
A r/Bitcoin post, citing a CoinDesk article, claims a Binance engineer was duped by a fake job interview into installing a job test on his work computer, and that an exploit on that machine drained Binance's hot wallets of $6bn in less than an hour. The post says the exchange attributed the incident to the fake job interview. The post uses the account to argue that professionals are not necessarily better at custody than individuals.
Why “Rumor”
- Only community or trader posts: r/Bitcoin
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What the sources claim
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The post claims a fake job interview led an engineer to install a job test on his work computer, which was then compromised.
“An engineer duped by a fake job interview installed a job test on his work computer and got pwned”
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The post claims an exploit on that single machine drained Binance's hot wallets of $6bn in under an hour.
“An exploit on that one machine was able to drain Binance's hot wallets of $6bn in less than an hour”
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The post states the exchange said the hack began with a fake job interview.
“binance-s-usd6-3-billion-hack-began-with-a-fake-job-interview-exchange-says”
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The post claims the engineer had credentials on his machine enabling massive automated funds transfers without safeguards.
“has credentials on his machine that can activate massive automated funds transfers without safeguards”
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