North Korean hackers swipe over $100M from Atomic Wallet users
Atomic Wallet, a noncustodial decentralized wallet, has been hit by a staggering exploit, leading to users reporting losses of their entire cryptocurrency…
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Atomic Wallet, a noncustodial decentralized wallet, has been hit by a staggering exploit, leading to users reporting losses of their entire cryptocurrency…
WASHINGTON - North Korean hackers stole more than US$100 million (S$134 million) worth of digital currency in a recent heist affecting users of the Atomic Wallet service, cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said Tuesday (June 13). In a blog post, Elliptic said that more than 5,500 digital wallets were hit by the hackers, who the firm said were part of the...
North Korea's state-sponsored Lazarus Group is believed to have hacked and stolen more than $100 million in cryptocurrency from an Estonian company, marking the latest in a series of high-profile cyberthefts by Pyongyang operatives. London-based blockchain analytics firm Elliptic on Tuesday disclosed the findings of its analysis, which tracked over 5,500 crypto wallets suspected to have been compromised in the c...
North Korean hackers from the group Lazarus were responsible for stealing over $100m of digital currency from more than 5,500 users of the Atomic Wallet service. Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic revealed in a blog post that this was the groups largest digital attack since stealing circa $100m worth of digital coins from an American cryptocurrency firm in 2021. The FBI, organisations and other cryptocurrency users worldwide are wary of the group's activity and say that they have been stealing cryptocurrency and largesse for years to fund Pyongyang's sanctioned nuclear and missile programm...
The atomic wallet hack ensure that it was probing potential cause of the attack with collaborating with analytics company in its research.