A Binance engineer was romantically involved with a North Korean spy before the $6.3 billion hack. According to new, unconfirmed allegations, a Binance DevOps engineer was romantically involved with a North Korean spy and left his laptop unattended on the day of the attack. It was previously reported that the hack may have been related to the compromise of the laptop of one of the stock exchange employees. North Korean hackers are suspected of being involved in a larger attack. Information about the engineer's relationship with a North Korean agent and an unattended laptop is being shared with reference to cryptoanalyst ZachXBT. However, the authenticity of his initial statement has yet to be confirmed. FTT.