Fake Job Interviews

Binance says North Korea-linked hackers used fake job interviews to steal $6.3 billion

Binance released a postmortem detailing how a months-long attack led to the largest crypto theft on record. It began in June when an engineer downloaded a malware-laced installer via a Google ad, continued in September when another engineer was lured through a fake hiring process into installing malware disguised as an interview assignment, and culminated on October 29th when attackers used Binance's internal AI tool to seize control of employee wallets.

theverge.com · 2026-11-03

North Korea's WaterPlum hackers infect 30,000 devices via fake job coding tests, steal $10.7M

Cybersecurity agencies from Japan, the US, Australia and Germany issued a joint advisory identifying North Korea's WaterPlum group as the actor behind malware hidden in fake job application coding tests. The scheme has infected over 30,000 devices across 100 countries and compromised more than 7,000 crypto wallets, netting $10.71 million believed to fund the North Korean government.

tomshardware.com · 2026-09-20