CSIS Significant Cyber Incidents
CSIS entry 646 · February 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korean hackers
CSIS entry 646
- Date (as written)
- February 2020
- Year
- 2020
- Actor pages
- Lazarus Group
Source entries (1)
Values found later for empty fields
country: South Korean
The North Korean co-conspirators also stole $48.5 million from a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange in November 2019.
actors: Lazarus Group
Two Chinese nationals who are alleged to have laundered around $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of the infamous North Korean hackers Lazarus Group have been indicted
dollar figures: around $100 million
Two Chinese nationals who are alleged to have laundered around $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of the infamous North Korean hackers Lazarus Group have been indicted
dollar figures: approximately $91 million; $9.5 million
the pair received approximately $91 million from North Korea following the hack of an exchange in April 2018, then $9.5 million more in the hack of another exchange
dollar figures: $250 million
The hack was part of a larger, $250 million hack led by the defendants’ North Korean co-conspirators.
dollar figures: $48.5 million
The North Korean co-conspirators also stole $48.5 million from a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange in November 2019.