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“Is North Korean hacker involved in the coin check case?”
In March of this year, a panel of experts from the United Nations Security Council quoted a survey report of a Russian security company, and North Korea was in a “coin check case” in which about 58 billion yen of crypto assets were stolen. I once compiled a report suggesting that hackers were involved. However, the coin check characters disappeared from the new report published on September 5th. Why.
Voices of doubt in the “North Korean theory”
In January 2018, cryptocurrency exchange company Coincheck (Tokyo) stolen approximately 58 billion yen of cryptographic assets in just 19 minutes of hacking. It has been unknown for a long time who the hackers have stolen. It was the March report that jumped into it.
The report cited a report compiled by the Russian security company “Group IB”. According to the report, North Korean hacker group "Lazarus" has pointed out that they have been attacking cryptocurrency exchanges in Korea mainly by cyber attacks and stealing virtual currency. There was also a coin check name.
Lazarus has been known for its destructive actions that make computers inoperable, primarily targeting South Korea. In recent years, attacks targeting financial institutions have been prominent, such as a case in which 81 million dollars were illegally transferred to the outside in 1616 by the central bank of Bangladesh. In 2017, multiple virtual currency exchanges were targeted in Korea, and customers' bitcoins and other items were stolen. This is because they are moving to acquire foreign currency in order to overcome the serious economic situation.
The name of hackers involved in the coin check incident was a big topic in many countries. But on the other hand, the voice of “Is it true?” Was raised by some experts who are familiar with cybercrime. In fact, the reporter was one of them.
Contacting Russian companies ...
The reporter contacted Group IB, which compiled the report. A few weeks later I received a reply.
Who is the one who stole crypto assets from the coin check? The tracking of the Sudo editorial board will continue. The person who arrived at the end of the interview was introduced by a US security expert. The top-secret report received by encrypted mail from this person contained a number of interesting points.
"Lazarus was involved ...
