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A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced

North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest cyber heist ever by duping a Binance engineer into thinking he was being recruited for a job, the crypto exchange says.

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    A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced (opens NPR in a new tab)

    North Korean hackers pulled off the biggest cyber heist ever by duping a Binance engineer into thinking he was being recruited for a job, the crypto exchange says.