North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist
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- Comments11
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#3Peak rank
1Days on list
178Score · 7d
Nov 4, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
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- 30
- Comments
- 11
- Submitted by
- smalltech
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Site
- theregister.com
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Trending history
North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 38 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #3 of 30, reached on Nov 4, 23:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 4, 23:52 UTC.
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3
Oct 26today
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From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
Pretty funny that tech makes candidates jump through all sorts of automated, inhumane loops to even advance to talking to a real human in the hiring process. And now you get results like this.
I was #opentowork on LinkedIn and got approached multiple times with fake companies and interviews. LinkedIn is not doing enough to combat this. I even create a 1 man company for my consulting services and I receive ads about how people at my company saved me a spot on an online game. LinkedIn is partially…
Source posted earlier: "29 October Binance Security Incident: Initial Findings and Response Update" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50359377
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Is North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 4, 23:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist reached?
#3 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 4, 23:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (38 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
30 points and 11 comments; submitted by smalltech on Nov 4, 2026.