North Korean hackers stole $400m using fake video calls: FBI

North Korea’s state-backed hackers stole more than $400 million using a “highly effective social engineering scheme” 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. “The North Korean regime relies on proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency theft to fund its illicit weapons program, stealing billions of doll

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