FBI: North Korean hackers have stolen $400 million in crypto over last 18 months

The FBI said Thursday that North Korean hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 ​months using a social engineering scheme called “FaceStealer.”

Covered by 4 publishers within 1 hour of the first report.

Summary from The Hill.

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DE Decrypt North Korea Stole $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls, DOJ Says · Decrypt Staff 5:06 PM

TB The Block DOJ moves to seize $1.2 billion from Binance hack, disrupts North Korean deepfake scheme · Yogita Khatri 5:40 PM

HIL The Hill FBI: North Korean hackers have stolen $400 million in crypto over last 18 months · Suryatapa Chakraborty 5:52 PM

CD CoinDesk North Korea's Binance hack faces U.S. crackdown as DOJ targets $1.2 billion in stolen crypto · Jesse Hamilton 5:55 PM

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