Binance announces virtual currency theft, fake job interviews are also an attack vector

Binance, a major crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange, was hacked, and the company revealed on the 3rd that a fake job interview was the route of the attack. The impact of the attack was $6.3 billion (approximately 990 billion yen), and as of October 31st, Binance said it had compensated 98%.

According to Binance's current investigation, the operation was a sophisticated operation that combined various technologies.

For example, in September, a software engineer was contacted through a job posting site by someone claiming to be in charge of a project and was given an online interview with a "human resources representative." He then interviewed the fictitious company's CEO via a chat app, during which he was instructed to download an assignment containing a file of malicious code onto his work computer.