Binance CEO says ‘months-long campaign’ led to $6.3 billion theft as N. Korea denies responsibility
North Korean attackers "combined a range of techniques, including social engineering by fake recruitment interviews," Binance said about the multibillion-dollar crypto heist it discovered in October.
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