A tampered software installer and a fake job interview gave attackers the access they needed to steal about $6.34 billion in digital assets from Binance. “It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident,” Binance wrote in its incident report.
Fake job interview opened the door to $6.34 billion Binance heist
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