“A hack of a cryptocurrency business, unlike a retailer, for example, is essentially bank robbery at the speed of the internet and funds North Korea‘s destabilising activity and weapons proliferation, …
FBI pins North Korea after $810m in Ethereum stolen from video game company
“A hack of a cryptocurrency business, unlike a retailer, for example, is essentially bank robbery at the speed of the internet and funds North Korea‘s destabilising activity and weapons proliferation, …
US government links North Korea to $620 million cryptocurrency heist
The U.S. this week linked a cybercrime group with ties to the North Korean government to a cryptocurrency heist of more than $620 million last month.
US links North Korea’s Lazarus group to $625m crypto theft from Ronin
The US Treasury Department linked the digital currency address to the group, which was blamed for the notorious WannaCry cyberattack in 2017.
U.S. officials link North Korean hackers to $615 million cryptocurrency heist
North Korean state-backed hacking collective Lazarus Group is linked to the theft of $615 million in digital assets, U.S. officials allege.
Penthouses in North Korea are mainly for the unfortunate few
Leader Kim Jong Un keeps building outwardly glamorous high-rise apartment buildings in the capital, Pyongyang, with the latest being an 80-storey skyscraper completed this week. But defectors and …
US Officials Tie North Korea’s ‘Lazarus’ Hackers to $625M Crypto Theft
The U.S. Treasury Department alleged North Korean hacking group Lazarus is tied to a $600 million theft of cryptocurrency from the Axie Infinity-linked Ronin network.
Analysts: North Korea’s Destruction of Tourist Site Signals Unwillingness to Engage in Inter-Korean Cooperation
Demolition of South Korean-owned facilities at Mount Kumgang may indicate Pyongyang is ending communication with Seoul, Washington for now …
U.S. Agency Links North Korea Crime Ring to $540 Million Axie Infinity Crypto Hack
The Lazarus Group has allegedly stolen nearly $2 billion of crypto since 2017.
Your turn: N. Korea’s missile testing too alarming to ignore
Each of these impending events may help to explain the outburst of North Korean missile tests along with vituperative shrieks from the North’s propaganda machine. Some of the rhetoric is really quite …