Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
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Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
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Binance says hackers used fake job interview, internal AI tool in $6.3 billion breach
Binance's incident report said hackers used a fake job interview and an internal AI tool to gain access to systems involved in the theft.
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Openings up, hires up, quits up--a very strong JOLTS report.
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Gaming Out the Prospect of a Blue Wave
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North Korea used LinkedIn, fake job interviews to trick Binance engineer in $6.3 billion hack
Binance on Tuesday disclosed that North Korean hackers used a mix of social engineering and malicious software to pull off last week’s $6.3 billion heist, the biggest in crypto history. Speaking to reporters, company executives revealed…
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Sharing little progress with you.
Hi! I'd like to share the little progress I've made these years. I started this portfolio in 2022 carving out money from family, friends and all my savings. We started with $10,600 USD; it may not be much, but I hope we can watch it grow…
Quick charts: Openings have stabilized and maybe show hints of rising. Ditto quits. No real sign of a rebound in hiring, but no longer falling. Layoffs still hanging out at historically low levels…
Quick charts: Openings have stabilized and maybe show hints of rising. Ditto quits. No real sign of a rebound in hiring, but no longer falling. Layoffs still hanging out at historically low levels. #NumbersDay
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Asda hires ex-Morrisons boss in bid to grow firm
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Job openings, hires, quits all up in September. Layoffs down slightly. Still no sign of cracking in the labor market, and perhaps some hints of a pickup. #JOLTS #NumbersDay Data:
Job openings, hires, quits all up in September. Layoffs down slightly. Still no sign of cracking in the labor market, and perhaps some hints of a pickup. #JOLTS #NumbersDay Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
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Strong #JOLTS report today! All measures moving in the right direction in September: -Hires rate up to 3.4% from 3.3% in Aug -Quits rate up to 2.1% from 1.9% -Job openings rose to 7.52m from 7.19m…
Strong #JOLTS report today! All measures moving in the right direction in September: -Hires rate up to 3.4% from 3.3% in Aug -Quits rate up to 2.1% from 1.9% -Job openings rose to 7.52m from 7.19m -Layoffs down to 1.64m from 1.77m
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It’s Been a Long Time Since Bonds Looked This Good
Following the #1 copy trader for 6 months turned $10k into $237. Holding BTC and ETH: $10,316. I tracked all 9,470 copy trading vaults on Hyperliquid.
Copy trading gets sold as "find someone good, press copy, earn what they earn." I wanted to see what that actually looks like, so I pulled every copy trading vault Hyperliquid has ever had and simulated what people really do with $10k…
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Binance battles to save its brand after record $6.3bn crypto hack
World’s largest crypto exchange faces fallout from angry customers, and Lula wins with WhatsApp This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here This week in tech, we’re discussing the fallout from the multibillion-dollar hack of Binance and the significance of Lula’s political mobilization on WhatsApp. And if you’ll be at…
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