DECRYPT · 2026-11-12 22:06 UTC

North Korea Stole $400 Million in Crypto Using Deepfake Video Calls, DOJ Says

North Korean hackers stole over $400 million in crypto over 18 months using a deepfake and prerecorded-video social-engineering scheme the FBI calls "FaceStealer". The DOJ says it obtained court authorization to seize or restrain over $1.2 billion of the roughly $6.4 billion stolen from Binance on Oct. 29, with over $2.7 billion frozen so far. The FBI attributed the Binance theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor, and North Korea denied involvement, calling the finding a political provocation.

Loading the story on Tree News…