FBI Warns of Cryptocurrency Heists by North Koreas Lazarus Group

The most recent stolen bitcoin comes just after three major operations occurred in June, with millions stolen in each heist.

The FBI has tracked hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen by the
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)
TraderTraitor-affiliated actors, more commonly referred to as
Lazarus Group
or APT38, and is now warning cryptocurrency companies of this malicious blockchain activity.
In an investigation, the FBI found that these threat actors moved 1,580 bitcoins from multiple cryptocurrency heists and are holding the funds in six different bitcoin addresses. The group may attempt to cash out the stolen cryptocurrency, amounting to more than $40 million.
This
cybercrime group
was also responsible for
multiple high-profile heists in June
spanning multiple countries, including $60 million of the virtual currency from Alphapo, $37 million from CoinsPaid, and $100 million from Atomic Wallet.
The federal agency recommends that private sector entities examine these bitcoin addresses as well as any blockchain data associated with them. These entities should also be hyperaware of guarding against transactions from these particular addresses:
3LU8wRu4ZnXP4UM8Yo6kkTiGHM9BubgyiG
39idqitN9tYNmq3wYanwg3MitFB5TZCjWu
3AAUBbKJorvNhEUFhKnep9YTwmZECxE4Nk
3PjNaSeP8GzLjGeu51JR19Q2Lu8W2Te9oc
3NbdrezMzAVVfXv5MTQJn4hWqKhYCTCJoB
34VXKa5upLWVYMXmgid6bFM4BaQXHxSUoL
The FBI will continue to expose and combat the DPRKs use of illicit activities — including cybercrime and virtual currency theft — to generate revenue for the regime, the agency said in a statement. If you have any information to provide, please contact
your local FBI field office
or the FBIs Internet Crime Complaint Center at
ic3.gov
.

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