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According to Japan, South Korea and the United States, North Korean-backed hackers stole at least $659 million in 2024 through multiple cryptocurrency thefts, while also using IT staff as insider threats to infiltrate blockchain companies. a rare joint statement (PDF) on Tuesday.
The announcement provided the first official confirmation that North Korea was behind July The $235 million hack of WazirXIndia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The July 2024 breach forced WazirX to suspend trading and more restructuring the firm.
Other major attacks included the theft of $308 million from Japan’s DMM Bitcoin, $50 million each from Upbit and Radiant Capital, and $16.13 million from Rain Management.
The Lazarus Group, a notorious North Korean hacker threat group, has carried out social engineering attacks and deployed malware such as cryptocurrency theft, the statement said. TraderTraitor According to the statement, disrupting exchanges while also infiltrating companies by posing as North Korean IT workers as job candidates.
“The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea recommend that private sector entities, particularly in the blockchain and freelance work industries, thoroughly review these advisories and announcements to better inform cyber threat mitigation measures and reduce the risk of inadvertent employment of DPRK IT personnel,” the governments said.
Earlier UN reports suggested it was North Korea He stole 3 billion dollars of cryptocurrency To fund sanctioned nuclear weapons programs between 2017 and 2023. Recent data from Chainalysis showed that North Korean hackers were responsible for 61% of all cryptocurrencies stolen in 2024, totaling $1.34 billion.
