North Korea used LinkedIn, fake job interviews to trick Binance engineer in $6.3 billion hack

North Korean hackers posing as recruiters on LinkedIn tricked a Binance engineer into downloading a fake "assignment," part of a sophisticated campaign tied to a $6.3 billion hack, according to the article. The operation used fake job interviews to deliver malware to the employee of Binance, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. The reported $6.3 billion figure underscores the scale of the alleged state-linked cyber campaign against crypto firms. The case highlights how recruitment-themed social engineering has become a preferred vector for North Korean actors targeting digital-asset infrastructure. What to watch next: whether Binance confirms the incident and details its response, and whether regulators and law enforcement attribute the campaign formally to Pyongyang.