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DPRK Crypto-laundering

Date (as written)
12/1/2017
Year
2017
Country
US / N Korea
Actor pages
Lazarus Group
Dollar figures (as written)
$250 million

Source entries (1)

Dyadic Cyber Incident Dataset v2

DPRK Crypto-laundering · 12/1/2017
According to the pleadings, in 2018, DPRKn co-conspirators hacked into a virtual currency exchange and stole nearly $250 million worth of virtual currency. The funds were then laundered through hundreds of automated cryptocurrency transactions aimed at preventing law enforcement from tracing the funds
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-chinese-nationals-charged-laundering-over-100-million-cryptocurrency-exchange-hack
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-northkorea-crypto/u-s-seeks-to-seize-280-cryptocurrency-accounts-tied-to-north-korean-hacks-idUSKBN25N39F
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-authorities-charge-north-koreans-in-long-running-hacking-scheme-11613581358
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible-rise-of-north-koreas-hacking-army

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actors: Lazarus Group
sanctioned two Chinese nationals involved in laundering stolen cryptocurrency from a 2018 cyber intrusion against a cryptocurrency exchange. This cyber intrusion is linked to Lazarus Group, a U.S.-designated North Korean state-sponsored malicious cyber group.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm924

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NOT A SINGLE HACK: court case about laundering stolen crypto, not a hack