Cybercriminals linked to North Korea carried out at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, netting some $400 million in digital assets, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.
Calling 2021 a “banner year” for North Korean hackers, the Jan. 13 Chainalysis report said that many of the cyberattacks were likely carried by a group known to security researchers as APT 38, or the “Lazarus Group,” which is believed to be led by the reclusive regime’s main intelligence agency—the Reconnaissance General Bureau.
