North Korean hackers stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency, the FBI said
The FBI said Thursday that North Korean hackers stole more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months through a social-engineering scheme called “FaceStealer.” The FBI and Justice Department said they disrupted cloud-based infrastructure used in the scheme and identified and seized more than 900 webcam videos of victims worldwide.
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The Record reported that hackers used malicious Zoom or Teams links, prerecorded videos and deepfakes to trick victims into downloading malware. They then used victims’ images in further attacks, the outlet said. FBI official Patrick Grandy called FaceStealer “a highly effective social engineering scheme capable of deceiving even the most experienced technical and security conscious computer user.”
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