DWNEWS · 2026-11-13 04:21 UTC

US disrupts North Korea's $400 million crypto scam, FBI says

The US Justice Department said it seized cloud infrastructure used by North Korean hackers in the 'FaceStealer' video-call scam, which stole more than $400 million in crypto over 18 months. The department also has court approval to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion taken in the Binance hack, which the FBI attributes to the TraderTraitor group, with over $2.7 billion frozen in total. North Korea has denied involvement in the Binance hack.

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