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Binance lost more than $6 billion in a hack partly caused by fake job interviews. Here's what job seekers can learn from it, and tips to avoid job search scams.
Kim Yo Jong refuses dialogue with US after denying responsibility for theft of more than $6bn in crypto assets.
Lessons from the $6.3 billion Binance hack could help shape the next phase of the crypto infrastructure trade.
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.
Binance has replenished 98% of $6.34 billion in affected assets, according to a security report the crypto exchange issued Tuesday.
Kim Yo Jong dismissed FBI claims that North Korean hackers stole more than $6 billion from Binance, as the exchange began reopening withdrawals on more networks.
North Korea rejected allegations linking it to the Binance hack as blockchain researchers traced billions in stolen cryptocurrency across networks.
US government agencies and cyber analysts have blamed Pyongyang for the record-breaking heist.
North Korea on Tuesday dismissed US allegations that it was behind a $6 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance as "absurd rhetoric", accusing Washington of seeking to portray the country as a cybercriminal state and warning that US hostility could affect future diplomatic engagement.
Customers of cryptocurrency trading platform Binance withdrew some $3.4 billion of their funds on Sunday after Binance reopened trading. The company had suspended all operations after a cyberattack that compromised over $6 billion in digital assets. Also in this edition: the Wall Street Journal reports on a new US plan to restore Russian gas sales to Europe, and we look at Argentina's efforts to capitalise on Patagonia's wide open spaces to attract data centre investment.
The exchange froze transactions following the incident which has been linked to a North Korean group.
Binance recorded $3.64 billion in net outflows after resuming withdrawals following a $6.3 billion hack, representing 2.1% of its total assets.
The FBI says hackers from North Korea are responsible for the theft.
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, on Sunday said it would resume withdrawals after a suspension due to a major hack, which the FBI has tied to North Korea. The exchange said it covered 95% of the $6.3 billion in tokens stolen from its platform in the world's largest digital heist.
Crypto firm Binance says it has covered 90 percent of losses from the multibillion-dollar hack.
The FBI said the theft was tied to "malicious cyber activity" by an entity known as TraderTraitor, the same actors behind a $1.5 billion Bybit hack last year.
Hackers have targeted Binance, the world’s largest exchange.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.
Binance says it has restored backing for 90% of assets affected by its $6.3 billion hack and resumed phased withdrawals.
The Binance hack of $6.3 billion, the largest crypto theft ever, is a wake-up call for investors to understand how coin is guarded and the risk of losing it.
