North Korean hacker groups stole roughly $100 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a cyberattack on a US company. This was reported by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
U.S. investigators report that attackers from the Lazarus and APT38 group launched an attack on US blockchain company Harmony's Horizon Bridge last June..
As you know, Horizon is a software that allows crypto-tokens to move between different blockchains..
According to analysts at Chainalysis, 13 attacks on these bridges in 2022 resulted in the theft of about $2 billion worth of crypto assets..
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The FBI also reported that on January 13, North Korean hackers used a privacy protocol called Railgun to steal $60 million worth of Ethereum cryptocurrency.. Later, some of them were converted to Bitcoin..
Earlier it was reported that North Korea is going to significantly increase its nuclear arsenal.