$ETH Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI, and several other agencies joined forces in a large-scale operation to crack down on cybercriminals😇
In short, North Korean hackers have not only used high-tech methods at a broad level—such as AI face-swapping, fake interviews, and deepfake video conferences—to infiltrate professionals across the crypto industry over an extended period (the FaceStealer scheme), but also recently carried out the shocking Binance heist that sent shockwaves through the global financial world. This joint U.S. crackdown not only dismantled the cloud infrastructure they used for their scams, but also successfully seized as much as $1.2 billion in stolen funds.
In short, North Korean hackers have not only used high-tech methods at a broad level—such as AI face-swapping, fake interviews, and deepfake video conferences—to infiltrate professionals across the crypto industry over an extended period (the FaceStealer scheme), but also recently carried out the shocking Binance heist that sent shockwaves through the global financial world. This joint U.S. crackdown not only dismantled the cloud infrastructure they used for their scams, but also successfully seized as much as $1.2 billion in stolen funds.
