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North Korean Lazarus Group Movement Detected..."Ethereum Transferred to Tornado Cash"
Summary
- Web3 security firm CertiK revealed that North Korea's Lazarus deposited 400 Ethereum into Tornado Cash.
- Lazarus is behind the Bybit hacking incident and has reportedly already cashed out assets worth $300 million.
- According to security firms, Lazarus is distributing malware targeting Solana wallets and others.
Movement of assets by the Lazarus hacker group under North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau has been detected.
Web3 security firm CertiK announced on the 13th through its official X account, "We detected 400 Ethereum being deposited into Tornado Cash," adding that "the funds were confirmed to be linked to Lazarus group's Bitcoin network activities."
Lazarus is considered the mastermind behind the large-scale hacking incident at global cryptocurrency exchange Bybit last month. Bybit lost approximately $1.46 billion (about 2.1 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency in the hacking attack last month. Lazarus is reported to have already cashed out about $300 million (approximately 440 billion won) of the stolen funds.
Additionally, Lazarus is distributing new malware. According to security firm Socket, Lazarus has recently deployed six new malware programs for cryptocurrency data extraction and 'backdoor' installation. The main targets of this malware are Solana (SOL) wallets and Exodus wallets.
JOON HYOUNG LEE
gilson@bloomingbit.ioCrypto Journalist based in Seoul
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