WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — Amreeka ne guzishta maah Binance exchange se churai gayi 1.2 arab dollar se zaid maaliyat ki crypto currency zabt ya munjamid karne ki adalati ijazat haasil kar li hai, Amreeki mehkama-e-insaaf ne Jumeraat ko bataya. Mehkame ne is chori ka ilzaam Shumali Korea ki fauj ke arkaan par aaid kiya.
Mehkame ke mutabiq jin hackers ko woh “TraderTraitor” ka naam deta hai, unhon ne 29 October ke lag bhag Binance se 6 arab dollar se zaid ke digital asaase churaye. Tab se Amreeki idaron aur nijee companiyon ne chori shuda raqam mein se 2.7 arab dollar se zaid munjamid kar diye hain, aur in mein se 1.2 arab dollar se zaid zabt ya munjamid karne ki adalati ijazat mehkame ko mil chuki hai.
Mehkame ke Criminal Division ke sarbarah, Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva ne kaha: “Criminal Division … aur hamare qanoon nafiz karne wale shirakat daaron ne Binance ke arbon dollar ke chori shuda digital asaason ko qanoon ki pohanch se nikalne se pehle fauri taur par munjamid karne mein kaleedi kirdaar ada kiya.” Un ka kehna tha ke division ne “is tareekhi naqab ke taqreeban nisf hisse ko foran rok diya.”
Mehkame ne kaha ke baqi raqam ka suraagh lagane aur use wapas lene ki koshishein jaari hain, kyunke hackers in asaason ko crypto currency bridges, mixers aur exchanges ke zariye musalsal muntaqil kar rahe hain. Guzishta hafte FBI, Secret Service aur tax authority ke criminal tafteesh kaaron ne ek alert jaari kar ke crypto platforms se kaha tha ke woh raqam ko safaid karne ke liye istemal hone wale addresses se munsalik lain dain rok dein.
Deepfake video calls
Ek alag karrawai mein mehkame ne bataya ke us ne Shumali Korea ke ek aise mansoobe mein istemal hone wale cloud servers zabt kar liye hain jise FBI “FaceStealer” kehti hai. Mehkame ke mutabiq is mansoobe ke zariye guzishta 18 maah mein 40 crore dollar se zaid ki crypto currency churai gayi.
Mehkame ke mutabiq hackers pichhle mutasireen se churaye gaye accounts se ahdaaf ko video meetings mein mad’oo karte hain. Hadaf ke shaamil hote hi woh us ka webcam record karte hain aur aitmaad jeetne ke liye hadaf ke jaanne walon ki pehle se record shuda videos, ya crypto sanat ki maroof shakhsiyaat ki deepfake videos chalate hain. Phir woh awaaz na aane jaisi koi jaali takneeki kharabi zaahir karte hain aur use “theek” karne ke liye ek link bhejte hain jo computer mein malware install kar deta hai.
Mehkame ke mutabiq FBI ne wafaqi warrant ke tehat mutasireen ki 900 se zaid webcam videos zabt keen. Mehkame ne kaha ke hackers ne open source software ki dekh bhaal karne walon ko bhi nishana banana shuru kar diya tha, jo bazahir software supply chain par hamlon ki tayyari ki koshish thi.
FBI ki cyber branch ke operations director Brett Leatherman ne kaha: “Shumali Korea ki hukoomat apne ghair qanooni hathiyaron ke programme ke liye baray pemane par crypto currency ki chori se haasil raqam par inhisaar karti hai, aur haaliya barson mein arbon dollar chura chuki hai.”
Pyongyang ka inkaar
Binance ki chori ab tak ki sab se bari crypto dakaiti hai. FBI ne maheene ke aaghaz mein is ka ilzaam Shumali Korea par lagaya tha, aur Binance ka kehna hai ke hamla awar ek jaali job interview ke zariye andar daakhil hue. Pyongyang ne in ilzamaat ko “mazhaka khaiz” qaraar de kar kisi bhi kirdaar se inkaar kiya hai.
Binance ne zyada tar nuqsaan poora karne ke baad raqoom nikalwane ki sahoolat bahaal kar di, aur us ke baad ke dinon mein sarifeen ne exchange se arbon dollar nikaal liye.
