North Korean state-backed hackers steal over $400 million in cryptocurrency, FBI says
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As part of a social engineering scheme, which the FBI refers to as “FaceStealer,” targets are lured to video chats on imposter versions of video meeting software such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
North Korean state-backed hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months using surreptitiously recorded images of people which are then used to target their contacts, the FBI said Thursday.As part of a social engineering scheme, which the FBI refers to as “FaceStealer,” targets are lured to video chats on imposter versions of video meeting software such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet.The targets are issued invitations from genuine contacts they have previously interacted with, but whose social media and communication accounts have been compromised and whose images have been secretly recorded.Once on the call, the targets - who are also being…
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