State-sponsored hackers from North Korea have taken more than $400 million in cryptocurrency by using fake video calls to steal people's identities, US authorities say. More than 900 victims have fallen prey to the scheme, which the FBI refers to as FaceStealer, in the last 18 months, according to the bureau. "The North Korean regime relies on proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency theft to fund its illicit weapons program, stealing billions of dollars in recent years," says FBI cyber director Brett Leatherman. This comes a week after the world's largest crypto exchange Binance revealed that hackers had used fake job interviews to steal a record $6.3bn (£4.7bn) from the company.
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