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.
- The hackers increasingly target open-source developers, apparently to enable supply-chain attacks.
- 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. Justice Department said Thursday, as it announced the seizure of the…
