Hackers sponsored by North Korea have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrencies from around the world since 2017, according to an AP News report citing South Korea's main spy agency, the National Intelligence Service (NIS).
The NIS believes that North Korea is among the best in the world when it comes to stealing crypto as the country turned its focus on cybercrime after U.N. economic sanctions were toughened in 2017 in response to its nuclear and missile tests.
Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets | AP News
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years, more than half of it this year alone, South Korea's spy agency said Thursday.
Experts and officials say North Korea has turned to crypto hacking and other illicit cyber activities as a source of badly needed foreign currency to support its fragile economy and fund its nuclear program following harsh U.N. sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Korean Hackers Have Stolen Over $1,200,000,000 in Crypto Assets: Report - The Daily Hodl
North Korean hackers are reportedly stealing more than $1.2 billion worth of cryptocurrencies over the past five years.
According to the Associated Press, South Korea's main spy agency, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), says the hackers made off with more than half of their total illicit crypto gains this year alone.
Hackers Mined a Single Software Flaw for a Year in NY Cyberattack - The New York Times
The malicious cyberattack that forced Suffolk County government offline for weeks this fall , plunging it back to the pen and paper and fax machines of the 1990s as it fought to stem the threat, began more than a year ago, county officials revealed on Wednesday.
Hackers spent much of the next year at large in the clerk's system, the investigation found, ultimately managing to breach the wider county network in late summer, before they revealed themselves in September, posting ransom notes on the dark web.
Hackers exploit bug in WordPress gift card plugin with 50K installs
Hackers are actively targeting a critical flaw in YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium, a WordPress plugin used on over 50,000 websites.
YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards Premium is a plugin that website operators to sell gift cards in their online stores.
FIN7 hackers create auto-attack platform to breach Exchange servers
The notorious FIN7 hacking group uses an automated attack system that exploits Microsoft Exchange and SQL injection vulnerabilities to breach corporate networks, steal data, and select targets for ransomware attacks based on financial size.
This system was discovered by Prodaft's threat intelligence team, which has been closely following FIN7 operations for years now.
Okta confirms another breach after hackers steal source code • TechCrunch
Okta has confirmed that it's responding to another major security incident after a hacker accessed its source code following a breach of its GitHub repositories.
The identity and authentication giant said in a statement on Wednesday that it was informed by GitHub about "suspicious access" to its code repositories earlier this month.
Ukrainian Hackers Gather Data on Russian Soldiers, Minister Says
Pro-Ukrainian hackers are gathering intelligence about Russian military personnel in order to help inform decision-making on the battlefield, according to Ukraine's minister for digital transformation.
Is My 401(k) Safe from Hackers?
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Most of us never give hackers much thought. It seldom crosses our minds that an experienced online thief could quite easily get into our financial accounts and empty them without breaking much of a sweat.
But if we were to be targeted, a 401(k) would be attractive prey. These investment accounts usually hold a lot more money than checking or savings accounts and aren't generally checked very often.
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