Binance CSO Warned of Fake Interview Risk Months Before Binance Hack

November 12: According to Cointelegraph, months before Binance lost $6.3 billion in a hack, its Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su described in a July interview how fake coding tests can compromise employee devices — a technique highly similar to the entry method later used by attackers. Su said at the time that attackers can tailor fake job opportunities for employees, tricking them into running code as part of a technical assessment; once executed, the device is compromised and attackers can steal credentials and further penetrate the network. He also noted that the individual steps of such technical assessments are legitimate, so many antivirus programs cannot detect and flag them.