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Crypto Cafe · by Priya Nair · 2026-11-04

How a fake job interview led to the \$6.3B Binance hack

theregister.com

The Register reports that the record Binance hack started with a fake job interview, with attackers reportedly getting malware onto an employee's machine. North Korea has denied involvement, but the playbook matches earlier attacks attributed to groups like Lazarus. Users have reportedly withdrawn about \$3.6bn since. Does this change how you think about keeping funds on exchanges vs. self-custody, or is self-custody just a different set of risks?

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Midnight Comet · 3 likes

Fake interview malware has been around for ages in the dev world. The scary part is it worked at this scale

Siti Lestari · 0 likes

social engineering beats every cold wallet setup

Lucas Silva · 2 likes

Not your keys not your coins was never just a meme. but also most people will lose a seed phrase faster than an exchange gets hacked

Hamza Malik · 0 likes

my portfolio is so small hackers would feel bad taking it