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Up to one-fifth of all crypto companies may have North Korean workers embedded in their operations, a security expert warned at Devconnect in Buenos Aires. Pablo Sabbatella, who founded web3 audit firm Opsek and serves as a Security Alliance member,…
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In this week’s edition of the weekly recap, Strategy’s Michael Saylor rejected speculation about Bitcoin sales while affirming continued accumulation despite price declines. In other developments, the Justice Department secured multiple convictions for assisting North Korean cryptocurrency operations, and Ethereum…
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A new GTIG report reveals that cybercriminals are increasingly using LLMs to make malware smarter, allowing it to rewrite itself in real time and target high-value assets like crypto. A new report from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has uncovered a…
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With Washington tightening the screws on North Korea’s crypto-funded nuclear weapons programme, South Korea says it’s open to rethinking its own sanctions playbook. During a recent interview, South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Ji-na told local media that “coordination between…
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U.S. Treasury aims to cripple the North Korea's ability to convert crypto heists into usable currency for its weapons programs.
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North Korea relies on state-backed hacking groups like Lazarus to finance its military, with stolen crypto accounting for nearly a third of its foreign currency earnings and providing a steady, illicit cash flow immune to traditional sanctions. Editor’s note: This…
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On-chain sleuth ZachXBT claims that North Korean IT workers are responsible for at least 25 incidents of hacking and ransomware exploitations related to companies in the crypto industry. In a post responding to Amjad Masad, CEO of AI coding platform…
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Changpeng Zhao warns the crypto community of disguised North Korean hackers and how they infiltrate top crypto companies, whether it be through their employees or even as users seeking help. What are their top methods? In his recent post, Changpeng…
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U.S. Treasury targets a global network laundering crypto to fund North Korea's weapons programs, sanctioning key individuals and companies.
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North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group has been blamed for a $22.8 million crypto heist that crippled UK-registered exchange Lykke, forcing its shutdown and triggering investor lawsuits. The British Treasury’s sanctions office linked the state-backed hackers to thefts of Bitcoin, Ethereum,…
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A compromised device from a North Korean IT worker has exposed the inner workings of the team behind the $680,000 Favrr hack and their use of Google tools to target crypto projects. According to on-chain sleuth ZachXBT, the trail began…
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North Korea-linked hackers are moving stolen funds from Radiant Capital for the first time in months.
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From bankrolling ballistic missiles to arming militants, crypto is shaping the modern battlefield as a shadowy lifeline for groups seeking to bypass sanctions.
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North Korean IT workers are using fake identities to infiltrate crypto firms and steal millions worth of digital assets through remote job scams, cybersecurity researchers at Google Cloud and Wiz have warned. Separate reports published by the firms have tracked…
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An Arizona woman and TikTok influencer has received a multi-year prison sentence for helping North Korean IT workers fraudulently secure remote jobs at over 300 U.S. companies. Christina Marie Chapman, 50, was sentenced to 102 months in prison by a…
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