The FBI says a hacker group with ties to North Korea may try to sell $40 million in stolen bitcoin. “Over the last 24 hours, the FBI tracked cryptocurrency stolen by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) TraderTraitor-affiliated actors (also known as Lazarus Group and APT38),”...
The United Nations says North Korea stole a record amount of cryptocurrency assets last year. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 7), a confidential UN report says that North Korea targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies. The report claims North Korea used “increasingly...
The U.S. has seized more than $30 million in crypto that North Korean-linked hackers allegedly stole, a blog post from crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding that Chainalysis had helped recover some of the funds. The hackers, linked to North Korea and the hacking firm...
In a since-deleted tweet, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to say that virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash was sponsored by North Korea. The tweet was deleted 63 minutes later and replaced with one alleging that Tornado Cash had been used to launder money...
September 17, 2018
In 2016, $81 million disappeared from Bangladesh’s central bank. It could have been a lot worse — hackers tried to get away with $1 billion. U..S court filings this month may have revealed whodunit — and how. The cyberattack made off with the bucks via bits and bytes, using SWIFT to issue fraudulent instructions.
February 21, 2018
This is not a test. Beware the credit card test. There may be no escaping credit card fraud, as it comes in one form or another. Overall, one subset of...
July 31, 2017
Most of the drama this week was in Washington. The healthcare debate turned into something that was one aria short of a full-blown opera, and the entering communications director brought...
December 19, 2024
The total value stolen in crypto hacks reached $2.2 billion in 2024, a figure that was higher than the $1.8 billion taken in 2023 but lower than the record $3.7 billion stolen in 2022. While the intensity of crypto hacking increased in the first half of 2024, it “slowed considerably” in July and remained relatively […]
August 23, 2023
The FBI says a hacker group with ties to North Korea may try to sell $40 million in stolen bitcoin. “Over the last 24 hours, the FBI tracked cryptocurrency stolen by the...
February 07, 2023
The United Nations says North Korea stole a record amount of cryptocurrency assets last year. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Feb. 7), a confidential UN report says that North Korea targeted...
September 08, 2022
The U.S. has seized more than $30 million in crypto that North Korean-linked hackers allegedly stole, a blog post from crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis said, adding that Chainalysis had helped...
