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North Korea (28)

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Date (as written)IncidentCountryActors
2013Malicious gaming app infecting South Korean smartphonesNorth Korea
March 25, 2013DailyNK, Free North Korea Radio, Nknet, North Korea Intellectuals Society website disruptedNorth Korea (commonly associated)
2014; 2016; last year (2017)Sony Pictures destructive attack; Bangladesh Bank theft; WannaCry 2.0North Korea; Lazarus Group
10/09/2015South KoreaKRNorth Korea
05/10/2015South KoreaKRNorth Korea
05/04/2017South Korea and United StatesKR USNorth Korea
11/09/2017South Korea>1North Korea
September 2019U.S.-based company hack (September 2019)United StatesThe North Korea-associated hacker
05/08/2019Banks and cryptocurrency exchanges>1North Korea
14/12/2021Multiple organizations>1Threat actors originating from China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey
14/06/2023South KoreaKRNorth Korea
2023-07-27T05:00:00.000ZMore malicious npm packages found in wake of JumpCloud supply chain hackNorth Korea; Lazarus Group
September 2024Circle froze USDC in three Ethereum wallets belonging to North Korea or the Lazarus GroupNorth Korea; Lazarus Group
2024-04-24T16:43:00+00:00Nation-State Threat Actors Renew Publications to npmNorth Korea
2024-11-20T20:03:41+00:00North Korean open-source ecosystem attacks (in 2025 Software Supply Chain Security Trends & Predictions)North Korea
last year (speech delivered 7 May 2025)North Korea cryptocurrency theft total for the previous yearNorth Korea ("it is thought")
06 November 2025 (sanctions date)Australian sanctions on four entities and one individual engaged in cybercrime for North KoreaNorth Korea
published 2025-12-18North Korean crypto theft in 2025 and 2023 marquee hacks (Atomic Wallet, CoinsPaid, Alphapo, Stake.com, CoinEx)North Korea
2025-02-12 (datePublished)North Korean cryptocurrency theft 2017-2023 (UN estimate cited)North Korea
2025-06-12T13:47:04.870ZContagious Interview campaign (in 2025 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Threat Report)North Korea
2025-09-09T15:00:00.000ZContagious Interview / Ferret macOS malware (in "Ransomware 2025: Infostealers on the March")North Korea
(published 26 March 2026)UK sanctions on Xinbi marketplace, which facilitated laundering of crypto assets stolen by North KoreaNorth Korea
2026-06-17 (page date)North Korea cryptocurrency thefts and cybercrimes (general statement, no specific incident named)North Korea
12/02/2026Multiple organizationsGlobalThreat actors from China (APT31, Temp.HEX), Iran (APT42), North Korea (UNC2970), and Russia
2026-04-29North Korea IT workers and Lazarus fake job campaigns against the defense industrial base (in "Nation-State Threats Targeting the Defense Industrial Base")US; UK (infrastructure nodes)Lazarus; North Korea
USDT in wallet addresses traceable to North Korea's laundering of the Bybit exploit proceeds (judgment creditors' motion)North Korea
Theft of designs and technology (semiconductors, uranium processing, air defense, missiles, SLBM; satellite optical equipment) from the ROK and the UKRepublic of Korea; United KingdomNorth Korea
(no date on page)North Korean ransomware: WannaCry and Maui (in Ransomware as a State-Sponsored Weapon)UKLazarus Group; North Korea