Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
North Korean hackers are being pointed at as the brains behind last week’s $100 million crypto attack at an American company, multiple news outlets reported Thursday.
The Lazarus Group, a notorious hacking group with apparent ties to the North Korean...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The Lazarus Group, a well-known North Korean hacking syndicate, has been identified as the primary suspect in the recent attack that saw $100 million stolen from the Harmony protocol. According to a new report published Thursday by blockchain analysi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
Indeed, the crypto-space has become the favorite place for cybercriminals worldwide for some years, but some countries are more prolific than others.
Similarly, continuous cyber-attacks on crypto-oriented businesses by North Korean hackers have set i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
North Korea leads the world in crypto crime, with over 15 documented instances of cyber theft amounting to $1.59 billion in stolen funds. However, the recent crypto market turmoil has wiped out millions of dollars from the country’s stolen crypto por...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The United States Department of Justice, State and the Treasury issued a joint advisery warning against the influx of North Korean workers in various freelance tech jobs, especially in the crypto industryThe public advisory was released on Friday, hi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
South Korean law enforcement recently announced the arrest of a serving military captain and an operator of a cryptocurrency exchange on charges of spying for a North Korean hacker. In return for the acts of espionage, the two South Korean individual...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
When North Korea announced a crypto conference back in 2018, Canadian journalist Ethan Lou jumped at the opportunity to see what the country’s crypto scene looked like. He encountered many surprises, including being introduced as a presenter to a Nor...
More / Etherum Reddit - 2 years ago
US authorities are enforcing a broader set of penalties against putative North Korean cryptocurrency wallets. On Friday, three Ethereum domains were basically introduced to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control or OFAC sanctio...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Per a report from a local news media, the CEO of an unnamed South Korean crypto exchange platform was arrested for his alleged connection to an espionage operation. The executive was acting as an intermediary between a North Korean agent and elements...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A United States district court has charged two European citizens in connection to a blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in North Korea which violated U.S. sanctions back in 2019. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the court documents a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Two individuals are charged in a federal indictment declassified Tuesday in the Southern District of New York with colluding to contravene US sanctions against North Korea by illegally providing crypto and blockchain technology services to the commun...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Two European citizens have been charged for conspiring with Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade U.S. sanctions using cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. They conspired “to teach and advise me...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday the indictment of two Europeans for allegedly collaborating with Virgil Griffith, a cryptocurrency researcher who was recently sentenced to prison for providing cryptocurrency and blockchain technol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has added three ethereum addresses to its Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List (SDN). OFAC alleges the ether addresses are controlled by the Lazarus Group, a cybercrime group that is assoc...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The U.S. Department of the Treasury last week connected North Korean hacking organization Lazarus to an ETH wallet used in last month’s $622 million Ronin Network hack, a sidechain established for the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity.
Now, the T...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The United States Treasury Department has added three Ethereum wallet addresses to sanctions allegedly linked to the hacker group responsible for the theft of more than $600 million in crypto from nonfungible token game Axie Infinity’s Ronin sidechai...