North Korean hackers
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North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group launches new cyber attack operation
Recently, a global attack campaign launched by the notorious North Korea-linked cyber threat group "Lazarus Group" was disclosed. This operation was named "Operation Blacksmith" and was characterized by exploiting the Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228, also known as Log4Shell) to deploy a previously unknown remote access Trojan (RAT) on target systems.
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North Korean hackers stole $3 billion in cryptocurrency
According to reports, North Korean state-level hacker groups Kimsuky, Lazarus Group and Andariel have stolen approximately $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency in the past six years. The hackers primarily targeted cryptocurrency exchanges, but also targeted individual users and venture capital firms.
