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North Korea Stole $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls, DOJ Says - Decrypt In brief The DOJ said North Korean hackers stole more than $400 million in crypto over 18 months via “FaceStealer,” a scheme using secretly recorded webcam footage and AI deepfakes of trusted figures to win targets’ trust on video calls. Separately, the DOJ has obtained authorization to seize over $1.2 billion tied to the Binance hack, part of $2.7 billion frozen. North Korean hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months using a social-engineering scheme built on secretly recorded footage and AI deepfakes, the U.S. BTC price on November 15, 4:59PM UTC Once a target is at ease, the attackers manufacture a fake technical glitch, such as claiming the person can’t be heard, and offer a link to “fix” it, which instead installs malware. The DOJ tied the operation to North Korean groups known variously as Sapphire Sleet, BlueNoroff and APT38, among others, and warned the hackers have increasingly targeted open-source software developers in an apparent bid to enable supply-chain attacks.
North Korea Stole $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls, DOJ Says - Decrypt In brief The DOJ said North Korean hackers stole more than $400 million in crypto over 18 months via “FaceStealer,” a scheme using secretly recorded webcam footage and AI deepfakes of trusted figures to win targets’ trust on video calls. Separately, the DOJ has obtained authorization to seize over $1.2 billion tied to the Binance hack, part of $2.7 billion frozen. North Korean hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months using a social-engineering scheme built on secretly recorded footage and AI deepfakes, the U.S. BTC price on November 15, 4:59PM UTC Once a target is at ease, the attackers manufacture a fake technical glitch, such as claiming the person can’t be heard, and offer a link to “fix” it, which instead installs malware. The DOJ tied the operation to North Korean groups known variously as Sapphire Sleet, BlueNoroff and APT38, among others, and warned the hackers have increasingly targeted open-source software developers in an apparent bid to enable supply-chain attacks.