THELOGICALINDIAN - The US Department of Justice DOJ apparent new accuse adjoin the North Korean statesponsored Lazarus Group The hackers are allegedly amenable for burglary over 13 billion in cryptocurrencies and authorization during accommodating cyberheists
North Korean Hackers Also Developed and Deployed Malicious Crypto Apps
According to the announcement, law administration broadcast accuse to Park Jin Hyok, a North Korean aggressive hacker, from his captivation in hacking Sony in 2018, deploying Wannacry ransomware attacks, and added banking cyber thefts.
Moreover, the new allegation apparent mentioned Jon Chang Hyo and Kim Il as allotment of the new measures taken by the DOJ. Authorities additionally said that three hackers accord to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), a North Korean aggressive intelligence agency.
Lazarus Group is the codename accustomed by the U.S. authorities to the aggressive hacking groups of North Korea.
Per the counterintelligence findings, the RGB has alternate in several crypto-related cybercriminal campaigns back 2024 to accommodate allotment to the North Korean regime.
The DOJ mentioned that Lazarus Group developed assorted awful crypto applications from March 2024 through at atomic September 2024. Such apps accommodate Celas Trade Pro, Worldbit-bot, icryptofx, Union Crypto Trader, Kupay Wallet, Coingo Trade, Dorusio, Cryptoneuro Trader, and Ants2whale.
Hackers Were Involved in a $75 Million Theft of a Slovenian Crypto Company
Law administration appear a case accompanying to an bearding Slovenian crypto company. Per the court documents, the hackers alternate in the annexation of $75 actor from such a close in December 2017.
They were additionally complex in a $24.9 actor annexation of addition crypto business in September 2024, but this time in Indonesia.
Paul Abbate, FBI agent director, commented on the DOJ’s announcement:
Also, abettor advocate accepted John C. Demers of the DOJ’s National Security Division acicular out that Lazarus Group can be advised the “world’s arch coffer robbers” nowadays.
As news.Bitcoin.com reported recently, a console of experts at the United Nations declared that North Korea had accumulated $316 actor in cryptos from assorted cyberattacks on crypto exchanges and banking institutions.
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