Check Point Research
9th May – Threat Intelligence Report · 2022-05-09
The US Department of Treasury has issued sanctions on a cryptocurrency mixer Blender.io, a service used by North Korean hacking group Lazarus to obfuscate the origin and destination of bitcoin transactions. The Lazarus group was accused of laundering illicit proceeds, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency tied to popular online game Axie Infinity.