North Korea has funded its nuclear program with crypto stolen by its state-backed hackers, according to western analysts.
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Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain.com was hacked in April this year, losing $16 million in cryptocurrency. Now, investigators have identified the perpetrators, infamous North Korean hacking crew Lazarus Group, which used some LinkedIn social engineering to pull the heist off.
According to a seizure warrant filed by the Justice Department, an investigation by Google’s Mandiant cybersecurity company found that Lazarus gained access to Rain, which bills itself as “the simplest way to trade crypto in the Middle East,” by contacting an employee on LinkedIn with a job offer. When that person expressed…
