Debridge Finance Suspects North Korean Hacking Syndicate Lazarus Group Attack...
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....
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Hackers from North Korea has reportedly found a new victim in DeBridge Finance, a cross-chain interoperability and liquidity transfer protocol, multiple sources disclose, Saturday. Based on DeBridge’s initial assessment, the attempted cyberattack likely originated from the notorious North Korean hacking syndicate, Lazarus Group. Several DeBridge team members received a faked email containing a PDF file titled “New Salary […]
deBridge Finance survives an attempted phishing attack, points a finger at the North Korean Lazarus Group, and warns the wider community to be on guard. Cross-chain protocols and Web3 firms continue to be targeted by hacking groups, as deBridge Finance unpacks a failed attack that bears the hallmarks of North Korea’s Lazarus Group hackers.deBridge Finance employees received what looked like another ordinary email from co-founder Alex Smirnov on a Friday afternoon. An attachment labeled “New Salary Adjustments” was bound to pique interest, with various cryptocurrency firms instituting staff....
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 […]
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....
The Department of Justice has indicted three hackers affiliated with the infamous Lazarus Group. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against three North Korean operatives. Making the announcement, Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers condemned the North Korean program, the most famous branch of which is Lazarus Group. Demers said:"North Korea’s operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the world’s leading bank robbers."With a country largely sequestered from the international....