North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police

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North Korea’s Lazarus behind years of crypto hacks in Japan: Police
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North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has been officially named by the Japanese government as being behind several years of cyberattacks targeting Japanese crypto businesses.

Japan’s national police have pinned North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, as the organization behind several years of crypto-related cyber attacks.sent out on Oct. 14, Japan’s National Police Agency and Financial Services Agency sent a warning to the country's crypto-asset businesses, asking them to stay vigilant of “phishing” attacks by the hacking groupaimed at stealing crypto assets.to local reports, is the fifth time in history that the government has issued such a warning.

“This cyber attack group sends phishing emails to employees impersonating executives of the target company [...] through social networking sites with false accounts, pretending to conduct business transactions [...] The cyber-attack group [then] uses the malware as a foothold to gain access to the victim's network.”

The statement added that individuals and businesses should “not download files from sources other than those whose authenticity can be verified, especially for applications related to cryptographic assets.”

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