North Korean Hackers

Cybersecurity firm DTEX has compared North Korea’s cybercrime operations to a mafia organization controlled by Kim Jong Un. The operations involve a global network of North Korean technologists who infiltrate Fortune 500 companies and launder money to support Kim’s nuclear and ballistic...

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Hyperliquid (CRYPTO: HYPE) witnessed its biggest-ever single-day outflow on Monday after an investigation sounded alarm over the presence of North Korean hackers on the platform. What Happened: Tay Monahan, a security expert at cryptocurrency wallet provider...

Kim Jong Un‘s North Korean hackers have reportedly stolen a staggering $1.3 billion in cryptocurrencies this year. This amount represents more than half of the total $2.2 billion stolen globally, according to research firm Chainalysis. The report highlights the increasing threat posed by...

On-chain sleuths have linked the latest attack on Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX to North Korea-based cybercriminals, the latest in a series of coordinated attempts by groups present in the East Asian nation to bleed the growing industry. After blockchain analytics firm Elliptic's...

Jenny Town, a leading expert on North Korea at the Stimson Institute, revealed that a North Korean cyber group successfully impersonated her six years ago by hacking into her computer, CNBC reported  Speaking at the mWISE conference, organized by Google-owned cybersecurity...

Cryptocurrency wallet provider Atomic Wallet and its proprietor, Konstantin Gladych, are in the midst of a lawsuit due to a $100 million security breach allegedly executed by the Lazarus Group. The individuals behind the lawsuit, representing themselves as well as other patrons of Atomic Wallet,...