Spanish Financial Institution · 2019-02
The UN Panel of Experts listed the Spanish financial institution case among DPRK cyber-enabled financial theft activity targeting banks and cryptocurrency exchanges for sanctions-evasion revenue. The available evidence does not provide operational details for this specific institution, but frames the incident as part of DPRK efforts to steal and launder funds through channels harder to trace than traditional banking.
Attempted theft of 10.8M USD · Feb 2019
Annex 21: Suspected DPRK cyber-attacks on financial institutions (including banks and cryptocurrency exchanges) investigated by the Panel. A. Banks. Attempted theft of 10.8M USD
Spanish Financial Institution · 2019-02
Reported: 2019-02; Victims: Spanish Financial Institution; Motivations: FinancialGain; Sectors: Finance; Countries: Spain
actors: hackers associated with the DPRK government
Spain's National Cryptologic Centre (CCN), under the National Intelligence Centre stated in its 2019 Cyberthreats and Trends report that hackers associated with the DPRK government conducted the largest number of reported cyberattacks against Spain in 2018.
dollar figures: Attempted theft of 10.8M USD
Feb 2019 Spain Attempted theft of 10.8M USD