Infamous North Korean hacker group identified as suspect for $100M Harmony at...
A new report suggests that a notorious North Korea-affiliated hacking group may be behind last week’s $100 million Harmony attack. 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 today by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, the manner in which Harmony’s Horizon Bridge was hacked and the way stolen digital assets were consequently laundered bears a striking resemblance to other Lazarus Group attacks.“There are strong....
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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 government, has been pinpointed as the main suspect in the recent attack on the Harmony protocol, in […]
Harmony Protocol wants its money back. Seriously – and without any charges. Harmony has offered a $1 million bounty for anyone who can provide information that can lead to the retrieval of the stolen funds from the hack of its Horizon bridge. The company disclosed on June 24 that a hacker infiltrated their Horizon bridge […]
According to the co-founder of Debridge Finance, Alex Smirnov, the infamous North Korean hacking syndicate Lazarus Group subjected Debridge to an attempted cyberattack. Smirnov has warned Web3 teams that the campaign is likely widespread. Lazarus Group Suspected of Attacking Debridge Finance Team Members With a Malicious Group Email There’s been a great number of attacks against decentralized finance (defi) protocols like cross-chain bridges in 2022. While most of the hackers are unknown, it’s been suspected that the North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group has been....
The Lazarus Group are North Korean hackers who are now sending unsolicited and fake crypto jobs targeted toward Apple’s macOS operating system. The hacker group has deployed malware which conducts the attack. This latest variant of the campaign is being scrutinised by the cybersecurity company SentinelOne. The cybersecurity company found out that the hacker group […]
According to the U.S. Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the recent Ronin bridge hack may have been tied to the North Korean hacker syndicate called Lazarus Group. Federal law enforcement officials have tied the flagged ethereum address connected with the Ronin bridge exploit to the group of hackers and added the crypto address to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons list (SDN).
Ronin Bridge Exploiter’s Address Added to OFAC’s SDN List
On April 14, the U.S. government published an OFAC SDN list update which....