A fake job interview led to a $6.3B Binance heist
North Korean hackers are known for fake job offers. They pose as recruiters and get victims to run their code. The Register reports that a North Korean fake job interview led to a $6.3 billion heist at Binance, the large crypto exchange. It got 607 points and 373 comments on Hacker News.
Our sources do not say whether AI was used in this attack. So for now, this is a security story, not an AI story. But it fits a pattern we watch: fake tools, fake people and fake updates, like the backdoored Claude Code extension on Cursor in October. A blog post titled 'Everything is an AI scam now' also got 140 points on Hacker News today.
Job interviews are now an attack surface, and one of them may have cost billions. If you hire or look for work in tech, never run code or install tools from someone you just met online. Companies should warn staff that a 'take-home test' can be a trap.
