Hacker pulled of a fake job interview and tricked Axie Infinity's senior engineer, that stole them $620 million dollars

MOC Cybersecurity

Created: 2022-07-09
Tags: #fleeting


Abstract:


Hackers posed as job recruiters on Linkedin tricked a senior engineer.
Goes through "multiple rounds of interviews".

They then sent the engineer a fabricated offer letter with "extremely generous compensation package" that was laced with spyware.

Once downloaded, the hackers was able to access Axie Infinity's blockchain network known as "Ronin".