Hackers used social engineering to breach Binance security

I thought they might have infiltrated the infrastructure in some special way, but it turned out to be just classic social engineering, which is kind of deflating.

I’m guessing it was the usual tactic of tricking people into downloading malware disguised as a Zoom installer or a coding test platform.

Still, even if an employee laptop was compromised, it’s really puzzling how they managed to get past an exchange system designed with layered security.

On that note, I’m planning to publish a piece on the Binance hack tomorrow, so you might want to read it (Read more).