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DOJ seizes infrastructure used in FaceStealer

The US Department of Justice announced coordinated actions against cryptocurrency-theft schemes linked to North Korea, including the seizure of cloud-based infrastructure used in FaceStealer. Asharq News reported the FBI’s account: the bureau links FaceStealer to North Korean hackers and says the scheme resulted in more than $400 million in cryptocurrency theft over the preceding 18 months. The FBI also says it identified and seized more than 900 secretly recorded webcam videos.

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