Binance heist began with fake job interview and Homebrew download

published 2026-11-04

Attackers used a fake job interview to get a developer to install a malicious Homebrew download, which gave them control of the machine and led to the theft. Anyone who ran such a download should assume attacker code ran on their computer.

Source: @tomshardware on X

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