Japanese police: “Illegal leak in May was a North Korean crime”
UN “Stolen 4 trillion won in virtual assets over 6 years”
The Japanese government announced on the 24th that a Bitcoin illegal leak worth 48 billion yen (about 443.7 billion won) that occurred in Japan in May of this year was revealed to be the work of a North Korean hacker group.
Japanese police announced on this day, “Trader Trader, an organization affiliated with the North Korean hacker group ‘Lazarus,’ stole virtual currency from the country’s virtual currency exchange ‘DMM Bitcoin.’” However, Japanese police, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), found that a North Korean hacker group committed the crime, but were unable to identify the suspect.
According to Japanese police, a North Korean hacker disguised himself as a headhunter in March and sent a fake job change notification message to employees of a DMM Bitcoin-related company. Through this, malware (malicious software) was planted on the computer used by this employee, and in May, information was stolen and virtual currency was leaked. After the illegal leak incident, DMM Bitcoin transferred customer accounts and assets to another business operator and immediately went out of business.
In the annual report of the expert panel released in March, the United Nations Security Council’s North Korea Sanctions Committee stated, “From 2017 to 2023, the amount stolen by North Korea through cyber attacks against virtual asset-related companies was approximately $3 billion (approximately 4 trillion won). “It is estimated,” he said. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, “It is estimated that North Korea earns about half of its foreign currency income through cyber attacks.”
Meanwhile, Japanese police urged caution, saying, “North Korean hackers are using ‘targeted social engineering’ techniques to steal information by targeting people’s psychological weaknesses or behavioral mistakes.” On this day, Japan’s Financial Services Agency requested major virtual currency exchanges to reconfirm whether they have a system in place to respond appropriately when North Korean hackers and others intrude.
Meanwhile, Hyper Liquid, a cryptocurrency exchange, is known to have lost funds on a large scale due to suspicions that it was related to North Korean hackers. According to Bloomberg News, more than $100 million was leaked in one day when a security expert claimed on social media
Tokyo = Correspondent Lee Sang-hoon [email protected]
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