@bbcnews: Hackers who stole a record $6.3bn (£4.7bn) from Binance used fake job interviews and a compromised internal AI tool, the firm has revealed. Binance called it a "serious and highly sophisticated security incident" and apologised, saying "this should not have happened". #Tech #Crypto #Binance #CyberSecurity #BBCNews
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Wednesday 04 November 2026 15:59:08 GMT
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Risky :
So not only do his employers know he was searching for a new job but he also cost them $6.3B 🤣. Rough day
2026-11-04 16:56:31
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Not normal Norman :
Did he get the job?
2026-11-04 16:45:17
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Frank :
He did the job interview on the work laptop?
2026-11-04 16:34:40
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Erik.RodriguezM4 :
Why was that mf using a company laptop for a job interview 😭
2026-11-04 16:35:18
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Gamer's Zone :
that employee...I feel sorry for him
2026-11-04 16:16:35
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Pepperoni :
I've had worse job interviews
2026-11-04 16:04:01
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sabiduria🇪🇦 :
me in 2001 instead of buying bitcoins
2026-11-04 16:07:32
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astleyastley🏴 :
Did he get the job or what?
2026-11-04 16:52:53
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jozzy :
Wouldn’t have happen if they pay their employees well
2026-11-04 17:02:27
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Truthnlight :
BBC and story telling journalism …. This is a lie to work in Binance as a developer means u top of the line enough rubbish news bbc
2026-11-04 17:43:02
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AdventureBound :
very smart
2026-11-04 17:52:21
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lulumachete :
Did he get the job? 😏
2026-11-04 17:20:59
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Susan :
He did the job interview on the work laptop?
2026-11-04 17:11:19
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RetroGard :
They’re doing job interviews on the same network they run their billion dollar accounts??? 😭
2026-11-04 16:24:30
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hiredforheaven :
They recover it coz its hard to use that money
2026-11-04 17:50:22
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mark :
smart af!
2026-11-04 17:46:53
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Wheels :
frozen on the network, they cant just recover them 🤣🤣🤣 without rolling back the chain to before it happened
2026-11-04 17:47:41
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beanopat :
the interview:
2026-11-04 17:52:42
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Mindowgas :
probably one of those 5 stage interviews too
2026-11-04 16:53:07
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SsikG :
employee definitely in on it
2026-11-04 17:28:43
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JRG :
Looks like he’ll be doing some more interviews
2026-11-04 16:53:02
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grumpy_cable_monkey :
So if they paid and treated the engineer better they wouldn’t have been hacked is what I learned
2026-11-04 16:15:58
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Bin There :
Easier than robbing a bank, bitcoin totally safe 😅
2026-11-04 17:02:21
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Mr.Troll :
So it wasn’t North Korea…
2026-11-04 16:28:48
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Ramon :
So Binance isn't paying it's developers enough? 😂😂
2026-11-04 17:13:31
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