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Four North Korean nationals have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for stealing nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from American and international blockchain companies. According to the indictment released on Monday, June 30, the suspects allegedly posed as…
2025-7-1 14:55 | |
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North Korean hackers have deployed a new malware variant called “Durian” to attack South Korean cryptocurrency firms. According to a May 9 threat report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, the North Korean hacking group Kimsuky used this malware in targeted attacks…
2024-5-14 11:45 | |
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The government sanctions targeted four individuals and seven institutions – some with alleged ties to the elite North Korean hacking group "Lazarus."
2023-2-10 14:23 | |
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Intelligence officials say that out of $620 million in crypto stolen by North Korean hackers this year, none were related to South Korea.
2022-12-22 19:27 | |
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According to the US Government, North Korean IT workers are flooding the freelance market. It’s illegal for US businesses to employ them, but, what if they have no idea they’re doing it? In this new remote work world we’re living in, it’s completely possible.
2022-7-12 09:59 | |
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North Korean hackers have been using a familiar phishing tool to steal UpBit customer details.
2019-5-31 05:21 | |
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North Korean hackers have been using a familiar phishing tool to steal UPbit customer details, security experts allege.
2019-5-31 05:21 | |
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If Bittrex is to be believed, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) got the two Koreas mixed up. The crypto exchange has affirmed recently that the New York regulators made a mistake when they identified two users as North Korean in the exchange.
2019-4-23 02:20 | |
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U.S. crypto exchange Bittrex claims that it has no North Korean users trading on its platform
2019-4-23 01:45 | |
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Crypto exchange Bittrex says New York regulators erred in identifying two of its users as North Korean.
2019-4-23 22:40 | |
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An intelligence branch of the Russian government used bitcoin to fund its cyberwarfare efforts to interfere with the 2016 U. S. presidential election, the Mueller Report claims.
2019-4-19 23:21 | |
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A new report into the alleged use of cryptocurrency by North Korea claims the whole of Southeast Asia is “vulnerable” to state actors. RUSI: North Korea Has ‘Gone To Extremes’ Published April 12, the report, Closing the Crypto Gap: Guidance for Countering North Korean Cryptocurrency Activity in Southeast Asia, comes courtesy of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI).
2019-4-16 22:00 | |
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The Korean peninsula is rife with social and political differences ever since the Korean mainland was split between North and South Korea after the Korean War. According to a report released by The Royal United Services Institute [RUSI], North Korea could target Southeast Asia’s vulnerable crypto-sector.
2019-4-15 20:00 | |
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North Korea might be posturing to attack Southeast Area’s growing cryptocurrency sector, and experts say it demands international response to reduce the threat. British defense think-tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has warned countries like Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam could soon become targets of state-sponsored hackers intent on skirting international economic sanctions, CNBC reports.
2019-4-15 12:56 | |
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North Korean hackers with the backing of Pyongyang are targeting cryptocurrency exchange platforms as part of efforts to raise funding for the country’s nuclear weapons program. Wired reports that several international cybersecurity experts believe a hacking syndicate based in the country is also responsible for attacks against banks across the globe.
2019-4-5 13:00 | |
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is thought to be backing an elaborate scheme entailing the hacking of crypto exchanges. The group alleged to be doing the hacking is called APT 38. It’s considered to be a highly-skilled state-sponsored group of bank hackers that managed to steal $1 billion from banks to fund its nuclear weapons program, according to Wired.
2019-4-3 16:27 | |
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The latest Samsung Galaxy flagship phone uses an in-screen camera (weirdly, there isn’t a single universally accepted term, as it’s often referred to as a “punch-hole camera” or “cutout camera”) instead of a notch.
2019-4-3 08:26 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Tang. The Chinese security service provider 360 Security has issued a warning that a large number of crypto exchanges have been targeted by the North Korean hacker group Lazarus and that the number is still rising after the recent hacks of crypto exchanges DragonEx, Etbox and BiKi.
2019-4-2 21:54 | |
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The cryptocurrency sector may still be in a bearish phase, but the state-sponsored North Korean hacking group Lazarus remains absurdly bullish on the bitcoin industry – at least if its continued focus on the sector is anything to go by.
2019-3-28 02:30 | |
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The group has evolved in its infiltration and anti-detection methods.
2019-3-28 23:48 | |
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North Korean crypto-revolutionary crew Civil Cheollioma Defense (CCD) has issued its 100th “post-liberation blockchain visa” via the Ethereum blockchain. The group says it has been selling its tokenized visas (G-Visas) since Monday morning, after it claimed it necessary to delay sale for roughly 12 hours due to high demand.
2019-3-27 14:32 | |
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It appears North Korean revolutionaries Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are indeed selling their “post-liberation blockchain visas. ” More than 60 have been distributed so far – and now, there’s even a black market for the Ethereum-based visas.
2019-3-25 15:30 | |
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North Korean dissidents are selling “visas” based on ETH, Square wants to develop open source crypto contributions, and more in this week’s Hodler’s Digest
2019-3-24 18:55 | |
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From March 24, 2019, people wishing to visit North Korea may do so by purchasing ERC-721 visas issued on the Ethereum blockchain by a North Korean dissident group. Future Entry Besides the predominantly commercial use of blockchain, there have been a handful of other less-popular social aspects of its application.
2019-3-22 21:00 | |
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Getting a visa to go to a foreign country is a treacherous endeavor, costing both time and money to make it effective. However, the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) has created both an opportunity for incoming visitors and a way to benefit themselves.
2019-3-21 02:15 | |
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The North Korean dissident group Cheollima Civil Defence is selling Ethereum-based visas valid for entering the country after its liberation
2019-3-21 02:00 | |
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The Cheollima Civil Defense wants you to visit North Korea ... just as soon as it's liberated it.
2019-3-21 23:22 | |
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An organized dissident revolutionary group calling itself Cheollima Civil Defense is actively working to overthrow Kim Jong-un and the government of North Korea. The group has announced that they will be selling visas to the new country beginning Sunday, and supporters can pay with the Ethereum cryptocurrency.
2019-3-21 19:39 | |
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Political dissidents known as the Cheollima Civil Defense (CCD) are selling special “post-liberation blockchain visas” for cryptocurrency in a bid to raise funds for overthrowing Kim Jong-un — and they’ve already collected over $57,000 in Bitcoin.
2019-3-20 17:03 | |
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North Korea has Cryptocurrency. A lot of it. In a piece from Nikkei Asian review, it was reported that experts have testified to the UN that Kim Jong Un’s regime is sitting upon more than half a billion US dollars’ worth of Crypto.
2019-3-9 18:55 | |
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A report presented to the U.N. Security Council claims that North Korean hackers obtained $670 million in crypto and foreign fiat from 2015 to 2018
2019-3-9 17:35 | |
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America’s presence as a global superpower is on thin ice under President Donald Trump. The president is struggling to reign in three of the biggest nuclear military nations, North Korea, India, and Pakistan.
2019-2-28 14:29 | |
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It was no coincidence that US President Donald Trump opted to hold his North Korean summit with Kim Jong-Un at the same time that his former fixer Michael Cohen testified in Congress. Trump Playing Games to Suck Oxygen out of the Newsroom It is a classic Trumpian move to avoid a lousy headline by creating a big flashy headline to suck away as much attention as you can.
2019-2-28 02:58 | |
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Coinbin, a South Korean crypto exchange, declared bankruptcy on February 22, 2019, citing foul play from inside the company. Business Korea reported on Coinbin’s recent failure, claiming that the company had lost $26 million as a result of theft and the subsequent bankruptcy declaration.
2019-2-27 23:13 | |
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The US stock market looks poised to erase Monday’s gains at this morning’s opening bell, as Dow futures have dropped more than 120 points just one day before President Donald Trump will shake hands with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the eve of their Vietnam summit.
2019-2-26 17:19 | |
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may have traveled to Vietnam for the much-hyped Trump-Kim summit by train but some of the major business deals that will be conducted on the sidelines of the meeting will involve air travel.
2019-2-26 15:40 | |
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Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume.
2019-1-23 00:57 | |
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According to Hard Fork, research from cybersecurity analysis teams at McAfee Labs and Crowdstrike point to the infamous Ryuk ransomware hacking as being Russian in origin, and not North Korean as originally was thought.
2019-1-15 23:59 | |
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Researchers argue that a recent spate of ransomware thought to have earned hackers $3.7 million in BTC came from Russian cybercriminals, not North Korean state-sponsored actors
2019-1-14 16:17 | |
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The first weekend of December has been and gone, so Christmas must be just around the corner. But the blockchain doesn’t care about Christmas, it keeps on going no matter what. Which means, there’s some catching up to do.
2018-12-3 12:52 | |
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If you’re a crypto enthusiast and adventurer with no plans for April 2019, perhaps you can merge your two passions and attend the first Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference to be held in North Korea.
2018-11-21 04:18 | |
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The North Korean government may be behind several of the cryptocurrency market's largest hacks. Read about their involvement here. The post Cryptojacking, Hacks, and Scams: N.Korea Is Ramping up Cyber Attacks appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-11-6 22:29 | |
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South Korean intelligence services report that North Korea is continuing to hack computers worldwide to mine cryptocurrency. Additional reports from the state intelligence agency reveal that the North Koreans are still actively stealing confidential information from its neighbors to the south.
2018-11-2 20:45 | |
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South Korean intelligence officials are pointing toward North Korea as being the responsible party behind a string of cryptojacking cases across the country. North Korea Continues to Mine for Crypto on South Korean Computers According to a new intelligence gathering report, prompted by an upcoming visit to North Korea’s nuclear test site by international inspectors,.
2018-11-1 04:00 | |
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According to South Korea’s intelligence service, North Korea is purportedly still hacking computers to mine cryptocurrency as a revenue stream for the country’s government, United Press International (UPI) reports.
2018-10-31 18:06 | |
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In today’s edition of The Daily, we focus on the crypto community’s alarm over the de-platforming of a social media network in response to a shooting incident in the U. S. We also look at a recent Bitcoin book recommendation on a Chinese TV show, as well as a North Korean attempt to scam investors.
2018-10-29 16:50 | |
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Members of the ruling elite in North Korea are suspected of launching two scams aimed at exploiting gullible crypto investors still attempting to get in early on a potential moon shoot. The totalitarian state is thought to be using such schemes to stay afloat in the face of international sanctions.
2018-10-27 00:00 | |
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It was touted as a blockchain-powered maritime investment project, but it has turned out to be yet another ingenious method of raising funds by the North Korean government. Known as Marine Chain, the startup claimed it would tokenize maritime vessels for their owners, but it has done anything but.
2018-10-27 22:56 | |
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Although there have been over $882 million cryptocurrencies stolen from online exchanges since 2017, Lazarus, a North Korean, state-sponsored group is responsible for the majority of stolen tokens. According to an article published by The Next Web on October 19, 2018, the Lazarus Group took over $571 million cryptocurrencies and will continue to do so in the future.
2018-10-22 15:00 | |
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North Korean threat actors are once again targeting cryptocurrency developers and professionals using live video calls on Zoom to dupe them into installing malware. Hackers based in North Korea are using compromised Telegram accounts and deep fake AI videos to…
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…
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,…
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…
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.
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…
Researchers at cybersecurity company Darktrace have warned that threat actors are using increasingly sophisticated social engineering tactics to infect victims with crypto-stealing malware. In its latest blog, Darktrace researchers detailed an elaborate campaign in which scammers were found to be…