North Korean hackers last year carried out at least seven successful attacks on crypto-currency trading platforms, stealing from various investment companies digital assets valued at about $ 400 million - an "all-time record" for the isolated country - reports Chainalysis, a company specializing in blockchain analysis .
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It was also reported that in 2020, the number of burglaries originating in North Korea was only four, and that the value of the stolen assets increased from year to year by 40 percent.
It was also learned that about 58 percent of the total money stolen was in Atherium coins (this currency makes up the majority of the stolen amounts for the first time), 20 percent in Bitcoin, and the rest in other cryptocurrencies.
"Once North Korea has acquired the assets, it has begun to carry out complex bleaching processes to obscure its traces," the report said, emphasizing that the money was intended to fund mass destruction weapons and ballistic missile development programs, which the country allegedly promotes. Stands the hacker group Lazarus Group, which is actually part of the Central North Korean intelligence agency.
Bitcoin currency (illustration), Photo: AFP
Stop falling into the trap
And here's a lesson for life: the breaches were carried out, among other things, by using phishing techniques (sending emails and messages that entice recipients to click on false links), social engineering (exploiting psychological traits that may lead the victim to obey the burglar's requests), intrusion through security breaches And planting damage.
In short, everything from everything.
The obvious conclusion is that even if you are not a savvy bitcoin trader, it is strictly forbidden to click on any tempting link that lands in your mailbox or is received on your mobile, even if you are promised iPhones as a gift and especially when asked to type your PayPal password.
In most cases, those behind these posts are not particularly sympathetic guys, and stolen $ 400 million will testify to that.
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