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North Korean hackers used deepfakes to rob crypto developers
Original: North Korean hackers deepfaked their own faces to rob crypto developers
North Korean hackers posed as employers or contacts in online job interviews using deepfaked versions of their own faces to trick cryptocurrency developers and steal funds, according to a Fortune report. The scheme highlights the growing sophistication of state-backed crypto theft used to fund the regime, and is raising alarm across the crypto industry about identity verification in remote hiring.
Why now: The novel use of deepfakes by North Korean operatives to steal crypto is a striking escalation in cybercrime tactics.
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