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North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report

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The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).  Daily NK, a news outlet that focuses on North Korea, reported last week that the new hacking unit, called Research Center 227, will focus on research to develop “offensive hacking technologies and programs,” citing a source […]

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Hackers launder most of Bybit’s stolen crypto worth $1.4B

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The hackers who stole around $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit have moved nearly all of the robbed proceeds and converted them into Bitcoin, in what experts call the first phase of the money-laundering operation.  On February 21, Bybit said that a “sophisticated attack” on one of the company’s wallets resulted in the

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FBI says North Korea ‘responsible’ for $1.4 billion Bybit heist

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The FBI said the North Korean government is “responsible” for the hack at crypto exchange Bybit, which resulted in the theft of more than $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency.  On Wednesday, the bureau released a public advisory, attributing the hack to a group known as TraderTraitor. Contact Us Do you have more information about the

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Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist

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On Friday, hackers stole around $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit, in what is the largest crypto heist of all time. After the hack, several blockchain monitoring firms, as well as the well-known crypto investigator ZachXBT, have all pointed to the North Korean government hacking group known as Lazarus Group as the

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North Korean hackers exploited Chrome zero-day to steal crypto

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A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome to target organizations with the goal of stealing cryptocurrency, according to Microsoft. In a report published on Friday, the tech giant’s cybersecurity researchers said they first saw evidence of the hackers’ activities on August 19, and said the hackers were

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