FBI says FaceStealer hackers faked trusted contacts on crypto video calls

North Korean hackers used accounts stolen from previous victims to invite new targets to video calls and played secretly recorded webcam clips of people those targets knew. The scheme, known as FaceStealer by the FBI, stole more than $400 million in crypto over 18 months, the Justice Department said Thursday. The department took down FaceStealer’s cloud infrastructure. The FBI also seized more than 900 webcam videos of the scheme’s victims under a federal warrant. DOJ says a fake audio glitch tricked targets into installing malware The DOJ said in a release that the crews target people working in crypto and web3.

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