In brief
- Police and intelligence agencies in Japan, the U.S., Australia and Germany said the group infected at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries.
- It took funds or credentials from over 7,000 crypto wallets and moved ¥1.7 billion, around $10.71 million, to North Korea.
- Japanese authorities dismantled a domestic “laptop farm” for the first time.
A North Korean crew that poses as recruiters to compromise developers has taken funds or credentials from more than 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets and moved around $10.71 million to Pyongyang, seven agencies across four countries said in a joint advisory published on September 18.
The group, which Japan’s National Police Agency calls WaterPlum and the security industry knows as…
