Binance CSO unwittingly foreshadowed $6.3B hack tactic months before attack
Summary
Months before a massive exchange hack, the chief security officer at Binance discussed how deceptive coding evaluations could infect staff computers. Hackers eventually used this exact method to carry out the record-breaking cyber attack, which resulted in billions of dollars in losses.
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.
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