CoinVoice has learned that Microsoft has detailed in a blog post a group of North Korean hackers known as "Sapphire Sleet" who posed as recruiters and venture capitalists to steal cryptocurrency from individuals and companies. After contacting the target with a bait or initial contact, the North Korean hackers would arrange a virtual meeting, but the meeting was actually designed to load abnormally.
In the fake VC scenario, victims were forced to download malware disguised as a fix for a virtual meeting tool. In the fake recruiter campaign, potential candidates were asked to download and complete a skills assessment that actually contained malware. Once installed, the malware could access other materials on the computer, including cryptocurrency wallets. Microsoft said hackers stole at least $10 million in cryptocurrency in just six months and billions of dollars in cryptocurrency over the past decade. [Original link]
