North Korea

Reports on sanctions, cybercrime, and alleged state-linked hacks targeting digital assets.

Harmony hacker moves $726k worth of stolen WETH

The new wallet received 463.82 WETH across five transactions and has remained dormant — without inflows or outflows for roughly an hour as of press time.

3 years ago

Crime

FBI: Lazarus Group carried out Harmony’s Horizon Protocol attack

The FBI has come forward to announce that the North Korean hacking group Lazarus was responsible for last year's exploit.

3 years ago

Scams

North Koreans reportedly targeting crypto jobs for insider access

Beyond plagiarizing resumes, researchers also discovered that some suspected North Koreans doctored qualifications when applying for jobs.

3 years ago

Hacks

North Korea’s Lazarus Group linked to $100M Harmony exploit

Elliptics says the strategies employed for the Harmony exploit are consistent with the ones used for the Ronin Bridge exploit a few months ago.

4 years ago

Crime

North Korea’s ‘illicit’ crypto holdings heavily impacted by market crash

Chainalysis says North Korea’s unlaundered crypto holdings have dropped to $65 million due to the recent crypto market crash.

4 years ago

Crime

US Federal agencies warn businesses against mistakenly hiring North Korean hackers

North Korean entities have dispatched thousands of skilled IT workers worldwide to get employment and generate funds for its missile program.

4 years ago

Hacks

North Korean hackers are targeting leading crypto organizations

Arthur Cheong claims the North Korean government sponsors the hackers, making them resourceful and sophisticated.

4 years ago

Hacks

US claims North Korea’s ‘Lazarus Group’ responsible for Axie Infinity hack

Authorities in the US have blacklisted an Ethereum wallet containing over 100,000 units of the stolen funds.

4 years ago

Legal

Ex-Ethereum dev given 5 year sentence over helping North Korea evade sanctions

Virgil Griffith was warned against attending a crypto conference in North Korea but he refused to heed the warning.

4 years ago

Crime

North Korea using hackers to raise revenue via crypto heists

Mandiant, a cybersecurity company which was recently acquired by Google, released a report detailing some of North Korea's cyber operations and how the country is using hackers to raise money via theft of crypto assets.

4 years ago

Crime

Report: North Korea’s “Lazarus Group” becoming more sophisticated

North Korea’s Lazarus group sits on $170 million worth of stolen and unlaundered crypto assets.

4 years ago