North Korea stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency using a fake interview scheme, according to Binance.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance disclosed that hackers compromised its platform to steal $6.3 billion through a coordinated cyber operation that began in June. Official incident disclosures and independent blockchain intelligence firms confirmed that the attack vector involved malicious software delivered via fraudulent job interviews and social engineering tactics.theguardian.comtheguardian.comHackers behind $6.3bn Binance heist ‘used malware and bogus job interviews’Accurate Claim: The claim is true according to official incident disclosures and reports from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, alongside major news organizations (such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Axios, and The Guardian) The attackers posed as... Major news organizations including Axios corroborated these findings, noting the involvement of North Korean threat actors in the multi-billion-dollar heist.axios.comaxios.comNorth Korea Job Interview Binance HeistAccurate Claim: The claim is true according to official incident disclosures and reports from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, alongside major news organizations (such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Axios, and The Guardian)

While North Korean officials denied responsibility for the cyber attack, investigative reports and blockchain analysis linked the methodology directly to established state-sponsored recruitment fraud and cyber operations.cbsnews.comcbsnews.comBinance Hack North KoreaWhile Pyongyang denied the accusations, Binance and independent blockchain intelligence firms confirmed the methodology aligns with known North Korean recruitment-fraud and social-engineering cyber tactics