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Date (as written)
2024-02-09
Year
2024
Actor pages
SQSQTraderTraitor
Dollar figures (as written)
$36,000,000; 290 ($ Million)

Source entries (2)

tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research

PlayDapp · 2024-02-09
Amt Stolen: $36,000,000
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/hacks-and-thefts/playdapp.md

Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) report, 22 Oct 2025

PlayDapp · 2024-02-10
Table 2: DPRK Cryptocurrency Thefts, January - December, 2024. Date: 2024-02-10; Victim: PlayDapp; DPRK APT: TraderTraitor; Amount ($ Million): 290. Report: "In coordination with Chainalysis and Mandiant, MSMT Participating States have attributed the cryptocurrency heists in tables 2 and 3 to DPRK actors."
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

Values found later for empty fields

country: South Korean
The South Korean blockchain gaming platform PlayDapp was hacked on February 9
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/hacks-and-thefts/playdapp.md
actors: SQSQ
Tags:: 🔑 SQSQ
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/hacks-and-thefts/playdapp.md
actors: TraderTraitor
2024-02-10 PlayDapp TraderTraitor 290
https://github.com/tayvano/lazarus-bluenoroff-research/blob/main/pdfs/2025-10-22_MSMT-Report.pdf

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