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Binance says $6.34 billion hack came from months-long social engineering

Attackers spent months targeting engineers, starting with a malicious installer posing as a popular AI coding tool.

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BINANCE PUBLISHED MORE DETAILS ON HOW THE $6.34 BILLION HACK HAPPENED: >june: engineer A searches for a “popular ai coding tool” >downloads a malicious homebrew installer >binance security finds out >replaces the device >but engineers working on wallet infrastructure have been identified >september: engineer B gets contacted by a recruiter from a legitimate job platform >goes on a call with HR and later, CEO of a fake company >gets a coding assignment >downloads a malicious code repo on his WORK computer >malware runs, replaces a legit dev tool and goes undetected by security >october 20: hackers use engineer B’s computer and Binance’s internal ai tool to get access to engineer A and C’s computers >discover a token for wallet deployment on engineer A computer >october 29:log into…
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