Binance says its $6.3 billion hack started with a fake job interview

Binance has said that a breach worth $6.3 billion began with a fake job interview used to target its staff. North Korea-linked attackers reportedly spent months compromising employees and internal systems before acting. They then exploited the signing infrastructure of the exchange's hot wallets by abusing Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism. The article attributes the attack to these state-linked actors, though the details of the intrusion are as reported by the exchange.
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