Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
NPR's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
85
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job.
asserted
he → think → job
Then the hackers pounced
The massive $6.3 billion cyber heist suffered by crypto exchange Binance last week may have taken place in only about twenty minutes — but the attacks were months in the making.
uncertain
attacks → pounce → making
That's according an initial assessment released by Binance on Tuesday about how it suffered the world's biggest-ever cyber heist by hackers the FBI has identified as being a North Korean state-sponsored unit.
asserted
FBI → accord → hackers
Those findings show the hackers first tried testing and penetrating Binance's security systems back in June, though the crypto exchange was able to detect that attempt and stop it.
asserted
exchange → show → it
Though unsuccessful, that attempt allowed the hackers — identified by the FBI as a North Korean military unit called TraderTraitor — to learn more about Binance and its systems.
asserted
hackers → allow → Binance
Then, the hackers tried again.
asserted
hackers → try → ?
In September, a Binance engineer was contacted in a job-hunting platform by a person posing as a "project director" from a company that turned out to be fictious.
asserted
that → contact → company
The engineer then conducted a first-round interview with a supposed HR representative from the fake company.
asserted
engineer → conduct → company
The hackers used this interview to "build trust," with the Binance employee, the exchange said.
asserted
exchange → use → employee
The interviewer even shared supposed social media accounts, as well as personal photos and videos with the Binance engineer.
asserted
interviewer → share → engineer
"This was more advanced and deceptive than previously seen social engineering approaches," Binance said in its assessment.
asserted
Binance → see → assessment
Then hackers pounced
The engineer was then told he would be conducting a second interview with the supposed CEO of the company in a popular social chat app.
asserted
he → pounce → app
It was in this interview that the Binance employee — who was at his work laptop — was asked to download "an assignment" as part of the job recruitment process.
asserted
who → ask → process
Instead, the "assignment" contained malicious code that allowed hackers to build out an attack that culminated last week when hackers made off with over $6 billion worth of crypto currencies held by Binance's customers at the exchange.
asserted
hackers → contain → exchange
Binance said in the statement posted on X that the company is taking a series of actions, including an independent cybersecurity review to prevent future attacks.
asserted
company → say → attacks
On Monday the exchange had said it had already replaced most of the stolen crypto currencies stolen by customers using its own funds.
asserted
it → say → funds
"This should not have happened," Binance said in its assessment on Tuesday.
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Binance → happen → Tuesday
"And we apologise for the concern, disruption and uncertainty it caused our users, partners and the wider industry."
asserted
it → apologise → users
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