Binance $6.3B Hack Started With a Fake Installer Five Months Earlier

TLDR Binance’s $6.3 billion hack on October 29 traces back to a fake software installer downloaded in June. A fake job recruitment process in September gave attackers a second foothold inside the exchange. CoinEx founder Haipo Yang says three basic security practices could have stopped the theft. Binance says it has replenished 98% of affected [...]

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