North Korea news and trends

UN Says North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto in 2022
Cryptocurrency // 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 the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies. The report claims North Korea used “increasingly...

Chainalysis Aids US in Recovering $30M in Stolen Crypto
Cryptocurrency // 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 recover some of the funds. The hackers, linked to North Korea and the hacking firm...

U.S. Secretary of State Tweets, Deletes, Tweets About Tornado Cash
Cryptocurrency // August 08, 2022

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...

DOJ Recovers $500K in Healthcare Ransom Demanded by North Korean Hackers 
Security & Fraud // July 21, 2022

Roughly a half-million dollars was seized on behalf of healthcare providers that reportedly paid ransom to North Korean hackers, the U.S Department of Justice said.  Maui ransomware has been in use since May 2021, sometimes by North Korean government-backed hackers allegedly to target the U.S....

Interviews & Exclusives
Anatomy Of A Bank Heist, SWIFT-ly Done By Phishers

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.

AI Puts Fraudulent Credit Card Testers To The Test

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...

Wells’ Woes, Stripe’s Acquisition And North Korea’s New Hacking Groove

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...

Quick Reads
FBI Ties $40 Million in Stolen Crypto to North Korea

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 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) TraderTraitor-affiliated actors (also known as Lazarus Group and APT38),” the agency said in a news release Tuesday (Aug. 22). The […]

UN Says North Korea Stole Record Amount of Crypto in 2022

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...

Chainalysis Aids US in Recovering $30M in Stolen Crypto

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...

U.S. Secretary of State Tweets, Deletes, Tweets About Tornado Cash

August 08, 2022
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...