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title: "Binance CSO unwittingly foreshadowed $6.3B hack tactic months before attack"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/binance-cso-unwittingly-foreshadowed-6-3b-hack-tactic-months-before-attack/
date: 2026-11-12
modified: 2026-11-12
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "In a July interview, Binance chief security officer Jimmy Su explained how fake coding assessments could compromise employee devices, a tactic later used in the exchange’s record-breaking hack."
categories:
  - "Crypto News"
tags:
  - "crypto"
  - "cryptocurrencies"
  - "Defi"
  - "Market Trends"
  - "News"
word_count: 28
---

# Binance CSO unwittingly foreshadowed $6.3B hack tactic months before attack

In a July interview, Binance chief security officer Jimmy Su explained how fake coding assessments could compromise employee devices, a tactic later used in the exchange’s record-breaking hack.