but both show that 2022 was a record-breaking year for DPRK (North Korea) virtual asset theft," the U.N. report said. A U.S.-based blockchain analytics firm last week reached the same conclusion.
North Korea-backed hackers stole $1.7bn (£1.4bn) of crypto in 2022, says blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. This nearly quadruples the country's previous record for cryptocurrency theft - $429m in ...
Two hacker groups associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group and APT38, were responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from U.S. crypto firm Harmony’s Horizon bridge, the Federal ...
And for North Korea, a great fan of both ... making it the second-biggest crypto-theft ever. But as with all heists, the robbery is just the first step. To launder their loot North Korean hackers ...
Most recently, the Euler Protocol was hit by a $200 million hack on March 13. Hackers made use of a flash loan attack to ...
The Lazarus Group is a hacker group allegedly tied to North Korea. Observers have accused Lazarus of mounting a multibillion-dollar campaign against the crypto world, the proceeds of which are ...
The amounts stolen aren’t trivial. With the value of North Korea’s exports estimated at $142 billion in 2020, the $1.7 billion in stolen crypto funds represents 11 times the value of all ...
He pointed to its use by the Lazarus Group, one of North Korea’s most notorious hacking groups, accused of major crypto thefts. That included a breach of Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge last year ...
The figure is four times as much as the country’s previous record for cryptocurrency theft – $429m ... Other analysts have said that North Korea launders stolen crypto through brokers in ...
The hackers targeted Horizon, a so-called blockchain bridge developed by U.S. crypto start-up Horizon. The tool is used by crypto traders to swap tokens between different networks. The FBI also said ...
The news outlet added that North Korea has developed creative ways to ... and producing and selling weapons and illegal drugs. Cryptocurrency theft is a more creative source of income.
LONDON--Norway has seized a record $5.8 million worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen by North Korean hackers last year, Norwegian police said in a statement on Thursday. North Korean hackers ...
