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North Korea Linked To Cryptocurrency Attacks by freshkpomo(m): 8:50am On Jan 17, 2018 |
North Korea-linked hackers targeted
cryptocurrency investors and exchanges
just
as bitcoin started to soar to record highs,
according to a new report.
Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said
malware used in the attacks was similar to
that used in the Sony Pictures hack, the
global WannaCry ransomware attack and
the
major cyberheist that hit Bangladesh's
central bank
.
Based on the malware, Recorded Future
said
it believes attacks late last year on South
Korean cryptocurrency exchanges and
their
users were carried out by Lazarus, a
hacking
group that has previously been tied to
North
Korea.
The malware was created in mid-October
and November, just as bitcoin began
surging to jaw-dropping heights
, according to the report, which was
published Tuesday. Other cryptocurrencies
like ethereum and monero have also
experienced massive jumps in value in
recent months.
"This late 2017 campaign is a continuation
of North Korea's interest in cryptocurrency,
which we now know encompasses a
broad
range of activities including mining,
ransomware, and outright theft,"
Recorded
Future researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-
Saade and Priscilla Moriuchi wrote.
The report didn't say how successful the
attacks, which included efforts to harvest
cryptocurrency exchange users'
passwords,
might have been.
Many cryptocurrencies are designed to
operate outside of the control of
governments or banks. That's likely to
appeal to North Korea at a time when the
U.S. is stepping up efforts to cut the
country
out of the international financial system
over
its nuclear weapons program.
Previous reports from cybersecurity firms
and South Korean government officials
said
North Korean hackers had targeted
cryptocurrency exchanges in the summer
of
2017
.
North Korea has repeatedly denied
involvement in international hacking
attacks.
But it has made no secret of its interest in
bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
In November, the Pyongyang University of
Science and Technology touted a lecture
from a bitcoin expert who came to North
Korea to teach students about the
technology behind the digital currency.
The
university is a high-profile institution
where
scions of the North Korean elite study.
North Korea may be making a fortune
from
bitcoin mania
The revelations of the latest attacks on
South
Korean investors come as the country's
government is considering whether to
clamp down on cryptocurrency trading
within its borders.
If the South Korean government tightens
regulations and exchanges in the country
step up security, North Korean hackers
may
"look to exchanges and users in other
countries," the Recorded Future
researchers
said. |
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