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US government takes down major North Korean ‘remote IT workers’ operation 

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea’s money-making operations, which rely on undercover remote IT workers inside American tech companies to raise funds for the regime’s nuclear weapons program, as well as to steal data and cryptocurrency.   As part of the DOJ’s multi-state effort, […]

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Government hackers are leading the use of attributed zero-days, Google says

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Hackers working for governments were responsible for the majority of attributed zero-day exploits used in real-world cyberattacks last year, per new research from Google. Google’s report said that the number of zero-day exploits — referring to security flaws that were unknown to the software makers at the time hackers abused them — had dropped from

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US lifts sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer linked to North Korean money laundering

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U.S. Treasury officials have lifted sanctions on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer that the U.S. government previously said was used to launder $7 billion worth of crypto stolen by North Korean hackers. In a statement, the Treasury said it “exercised our discretion” to delist Tornado Cash following a legal battle. Sanctions make it illegal for

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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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Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140 million bounty to trace stolen funds

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Last week, hackers stole around $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit, believed to be the largest crypto heist in history. Now, the company is offering a total of $140 million in bounties for anyone who can help trace and freeze the stolen funds. Bybit’s CEO and co-founder Ben Zhou announced the bounty

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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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US indicts five individuals in crackdown on North Korea’s illicit IT workforce

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U.S. authorities have indicted five people over their alleged involvement in a multi-year scheme that saw them obtain remote IT employment with dozens of American companies. The Department of Justice on Thursday announced the indictment of North Korean citizens Jin Sung-Il and Pak Jin-Song; Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes of Mexico, and U.S. nationals

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North Korea stole over $659M in crypto heists during 2024, deploys fake job seekers

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North Korean-backed hackers stole at least $659 million through multiple cryptocurrency heists in 2024, while also deploying IT workers to infiltrate blockchain companies as insider threats, according to Japan, South Korea and the United States in a rare joint statement (PDF) on Tuesday. The announcement provided the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind

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