Security · High impactFan score 5 · Tier D
Stolen webcam clips of 900+ victims feed North Korea’s $400 million fake Zoom scheme
Help Net Security · By Mirko Zorz ·
The Brief
- North Korean state hackers stole more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months.
- Targets were pulled into fake Zoom and Teams calls filled with webcam footage of earlier victims.
- The FBI calls the scheme FaceStealer and says it has seized more than 900 such victim clips.
Why it matters
Developers and crypto holders can be lured into fake video calls that use real footage of other people, so unexpected meeting invitations should be treated with suspicion.
Who’s affected
- Crypto holders
- Developers receiving unsolicited Zoom or Teams call invitations
- #north-korea
- #social-engineering
- #cryptocurrency
- #zoom
- #fraud
- #fbi
North Korean state hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months by pulling targets into fake Zoom and Teams calls filled with webcam footage of earlier victims. The FBI calls the scheme FaceStealer. It has seized more than 900 of those…