North Korean Hackers Posed As VCs To Steal $34 Million From Crypto Startup, FBI Says
North Korea’s Lazarus Group, infamous for the WannaCry attack, has shifted tactics, the FBI says. After stealing over $3 billion in crypto, its new tactics is to pose as venture capitalists to target startups executives.
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North Korea-linked hacking groups have previously posed as recruiters or job-seekers to set up a video call with a staff from crypto companies and use the meeting to push infected files or code on their targets. That’s helped the Pyongyang-linked crews steal over $3 billion since 2017. But impersonating VCs appears to be a new strategy.
The FBI stated in an forfeiture application filed at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in November that North Korea’s Lazarus…
