North Korean hackers stole more than $400mn in cryptocurrency via fake video calls reveal US authorities

Pyongyang/Washington, Nov 13 (UNI) North Korean state-sponsored hackers have stolen more than $400m in cryptocurrency by using fake video calls to deceive victims and install malicious software on their devices, according to US authorities. More than 900 people have fallen victim to the scheme, dubbed FaceStealer by the FBI, over the past 18 months. "The North Korean regime relies on proceeds from large-scale cryptocurrency theft to fund its illicit weapons programme, stealing billions of dollars in recent years," FBI cyber director Brett Leatherman said. The warning comes a week after the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, disclosed that hackers had…