{"id":4369,"date":"2026-11-13T18:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4369"},"modified":"2026-11-13T18:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:03:45","slug":"north-korean-hackers-stole-400m-using-fake-video-calls-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4369","title":{"rendered":"North Korean hackers stole $400m using fake video calls: FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>North Korea\u2019s state-backed hackers stole more than $400 million using a \u201chighly effective social engineering scheme\u201d involving identity theft and AI-powered fake video calls, the FBI said on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI this month accused hackers affiliated with North Korea of the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, a charge Pyongyang denies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe North Korean regime relies on proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency theft to fund its illicit weapons program, stealing billions of dollars in recent years,\u201d said FBI Cyber Branch Operations Director Brett Leatherman.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said that, separate from the Binance hack, North Koreans have \u201caggressively (targeted) individuals in the cryptocurrency and Web3 sectors through deceptive social engineering tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, which the American law enforcement agency dubbed \u201cFaceStealer,\u201d has led to the theft of more than $400 million in the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>FaceStealer hackers pretend to be someone known to the victim to lure them to a video meeting, using AI-powered deepfake video to gain trust.<\/p>\n<p>The hackers then \u201cintroduce a fake technical error\u201d which requires the victim to click on a link or a prompt that installs malware.<\/p>\n<p>By exploiting the victim\u2019s contact lists, social media and communication apps, hackers can impersonate them to ensnare the next target.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaceStealer is a highly effective social engineering scheme capable of deceiving even the most experienced technical and security-conscious computer user,\u201d said Patrick Grandy, assistant director at the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt exploits our trust in ubiquitous video conference platforms and valued personal relationships. If you can\u2019t imagine a scenario where you might fall prey to it, you are not thinking creatively enough,\u201d Grandy said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it seized more than 900 webcam videos of FaceStealer victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea\u2019s state-backed hackers stole more than $400 million using a \u201chighly effective social engineering scheme\u201d involving identity theft and AI-powered fake video calls, the FBI said on Thursday. The FBI this month accused hackers affiliated with North Korea of the theft of $6 billion from cryptocurrency platform Binance, a charge Pyongyang denies. \u201cThe North Korean regime relies on proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency theft to fund its illicit weapons program, stealing billions of dollars in recent years,\u201d said FBI Cyber Branch Operations Director Brett Leatherman. The FBI said that, separate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}