---
title: "Binance’s $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, and a campaign ‘built over many months’"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/binances-6-3-billion-hack-began-with-a-fake-job-interview-and-a-campaign-built-over-many-months/
date: 2026-11-03
modified: 2026-11-03
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism."
categories:
  - "Crypto News"
tags:
  - "crypto"
  - "cryptocurrencies"
  - "Defi"
  - "Market Trends"
  - "News"
word_count: 21
---

# Binance’s $6.3 billion hack began with a fake job interview, and a campaign ‘built over many months’

North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism.