FBI warns active $400M crypto scam targets your friends by replacing your face in videos

North Korean hackers are using stolen webcam recordings to impersonate crypto workers in fake meetings with their contacts, turning one victim's familiar face into bait for the next attack, the FBI warns . The Justice Department announced disruption of cloud-based infrastructure used in FaceStealer on November 12. It said the scheme had caused more than $400 million in cryptocurrency theft over the preceding 18 months and that the FBI had seized over 900 victim webcam videos under a federal warrant. The DOJ release treats FaceStealer separately from the Binance theft, which CryptoSlate has covered through the FBI's attribution and the exchange's asset-replenishment delays . A legitimate calendaring service can handle the scheduling.

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