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APT38 financial crime against banks worldwide (since at least 2014)

Date (as written)
2018-10-03 (datePublished)
Year
2018
Country
at least 13 countries
Actors (as written)
APT38
Actor pages
APT38
Tags (as written)
banks; financial institutions; SWIFT; destructive malware
Dollar figures (as written)
over $1.1 billion dollars; $1.1 billion

Source entries (3)

CFR Cyber Operations Tracker

Global bank attacks · Oct 2018
A North Korean group is believed to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars by infiltrating the computer systems of banks around the world since 2014.
https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/global-bank-attacks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/03/11/north-korean-hackers-have-raked-in-670-million-via-cyberattacks/#4b11848c7018
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/north-korean-malware-dubbed-hidden-cobra-swindled-millions-atms-n916216
https://content.fireeye.com/apt/rpt-apt38

Boannews 보안뉴스 (boannews.com)

北 지원 해커조직 APT38, 전 세계 금융 기관의 수백만 달러 훔쳐 · 2018-10-04
attribution sentence(s): APT38, 2014년 이래 최소 11개 국가에서 16개 넘는 기관 공격 | 다른 보안업체들도 분석중...카스퍼스키 등은 라자루스 하위조직으로 판단 | [보안뉴스 김경애 기자] 북한 정권의 지원을 받는 APT38이 전 세계 금융 기관으로부터 수백만 달러를 훔치는 사이버 공격이 포착됐다.
http://www.boannews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=73411

Mandiant / Google Cloud Threat Intelligence blog

APT38 financial crime against banks worldwide (since at least 2014) · 2018-10-03 (datePublished)
Today, we are releasing details on a advanced persistent threat group that we believe is responsible for conducting financial crime on behalf of the North Korean regime, stealing millions of dollars from banks worldwide. ... Since at least 2014, APT38 has conducted operations in more than 16 organizations in at least 13 countries, sometimes simultaneously ... In just the publicly reported heists alone, APT38 has attempted to steal over $1.1 billion dollars from financial institutions.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt38-details-on-new-north-korean-regime-backed-threat-group

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dollar figures: hundreds of millions of dollars
A North Korean group is believed to have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars by infiltrating the computer systems of banks around the world since 2014.
https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/global-bank-attacks
dollar figures: $670 Million
North Korean Hackers Have Raked in $670 Million Via Cyberattacks
https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2019/03/11/north-korean-hackers-have-raked-in-670-million-via-cyberattacks/

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