"FBI Finds 1,580 Bitcoin in Crypto Wallets Linked to North Korean Hackers"

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has published information on six cryptocurrency wallets operated by North Korean hackers and believed to be holding stolen funds.  The FBI stated that the cryptocurrency addresses hold roughly 1,580 Bitcoin, likely related to the recent theft of cryptocurrency assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.  The FBI noted that over the last 24 hours, they tracked cryptocurrency stolen by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) TraderTraitor-affiliated actors (also known as Lazarus Group and APT38).  The FBI believes the DPRK may attempt to cash out the Bitcoin worth more than $40 million.  According to the FBI, TraderTraitor-affiliated hackers stole $60 million and $37 million in cryptocurrency from Alphapo and CoinsPaid in July and $100 million from Atomic Wallet in June.  Previously, the hackers stole crypto assets in attacks against Harmony’s Horizon Bridge and Sky Mavis’ Ronin Bridge.  The FBI noted that private sector entities should examine the blockchain data associated with these addresses and be vigilant in guarding against transactions directly with or derived from the addresses. 

SecurityWeek reports: "FBI Finds 1,580 Bitcoin in Crypto Wallets Linked to North Korean Hackers"