FBI says North Korean hackers used FaceStealer to pose as trusted contacts in cryptocurrency video calls

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The FBI says North Korean hackers used accounts stolen from previous victims to invite new targets to video calls and played prerecorded footage of people the targets knew. FaceStealer stole more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over 18 months. The U.S. Department of Justice has dismantled its cloud infrastructure, and the FBI seized more than 900 victim webcam videos under federal search warrants. The hackers tricked targets into installing malware by claiming there were audio problems, and also targeted open-source developers’ devices and code repository accounts.