Shocking Details On the Binance Hack: Fake Job Interviews and Months of Access

Binance disclosed on November 3, 2026, that hackers stole about $6.3 billion in an October 29 attack that began with two engineers’ computers being compromised separately. One engineer downloaded tampered software in June while seeking an AI tool; later, a second was targeted through a legitimate recruitment platform with fake video interviews and a coding assignment containing malware. The attackers then used an internal AI tool to reach more engineers, stole deployment credentials, and inserted malicious software into Binance’s wallet infrastructure. Binance says about $2.85 billion has been frozen and 98% of affected tokens replenished with company funds; the FBI attributed the theft to North Korea’s TraderTraitor group.