US DOJ Seizes North Korean Hackers' FaceStealer Infrastructure, Seizing and Freezing Over $1.2 Billion in Stolen Binance Assets

November 13 — The US Department of Justice disclosed that it has seized the cloud infrastructure used in the North Korean hacking social engineering campaign "FaceStealer," and has seized or frozen over $1.2 billion in stolen Binance assets under court authorization. Around October 29, North Korean military hackers "TraderTraitor" stole over $6 billion in assets from Binance, andmore than $2.7 billion has now been frozen. FaceStealer initiates video conferences through compromised accounts, using pre-recorded videos and deepfake videos to win trust, then uses fake glitches to trick targets into installing malware. The campaign stole over $400 million within 18 months and also targets open-source software maintainers.