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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\u2019s record-breaking hack.<\/p>\n
Months before Binance lost $6.3 billion to a hack, its chief security officer described to Cointelegraph how a fake job interview could give attackers a foothold inside the exchange \u2014 closely resembling one of the entry methods later used against the exchange.<\/p>\n
During a July interview about Binance\u2019s response to rising security threats, Jimmy Su told Cointelegraph that fake job interviews were \u201csomething we worry about a lot internally,\u201d explaining how attackers could tailor a job opportunity to an employee before persuading them to run code as part of a technical assessment. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd once that gets executed, the device is compromised and then they can start harvesting credentials,\u201d Su said, adding that attackers could then use that to penetrate further into the network<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more News<\/a> articles, you can visit our General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n