Secret North Korean Workforce Stealing Corporate Crypto to Fund Nuclear Weapons
- Cybersecurity researchers presenting at the Cyberwarcon conference in Washington DC have detailed how North Korean hackers pose as fake VCs, recruiters and remote workers to gain access to organisations’ computer systems to steal cryptocurrency and corporate secrets.
- Tactics include having US-based ‘facilitators’ to operate employer-issued laptops and receive income to US bank accounts, while the hacker remains hidden in North Korea.
- The researchers said hacker groups have stolen over US$1 billion in crypto over the past decade, much of which is funnelled into North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
The North Koreans are coming for the precious crypto!
Cybersecurity researchers presenting at the…
