2017 Cryptocurrency Hacking 
SecureWorld News
APRIL 22, 2025
A sophisticated cybercrime campaign, dubbed Elusive Comet , has been uncovered, in which North Korean threat actors are exploiting Zoom's remote control feature to infiltrate the systems of cryptocurrency professionals. The research behind the discovery was released by Security Alliance , which tracked and analyzed the campaign.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security told reporters on Wednesday the trio’s activities involved extortion, phishing, direct attacks on financial institutions and ATM networks, as well as malicious applications that masqueraded as software tools to help people manage their cryptocurrency holdings.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Another South Korean cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, this time the victim is Upbit that lost $48.5 million in cryptocurrency. . The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit disclosed a security breach, the company told its customers that hackers have stolen $48.5 SecurityAffairs – Upbit exchange, hacking).
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. .”
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2025
Judging by the analysis of transactions, they were able to transfer about $270,000 in various cryptocurrencies to their crypto wallets.” “However, in reality, this amount may be larger; the attackers also targeted Monero, a cryptocurrency that is untraceable.”
Bleeping Computer
DECEMBER 3, 2023
North Korean-backed state hackers have stolen an estimated $3 billion in a long string of hacks targeting the cryptocurrency industry over the last six years since January 2017. [.]
Security Affairs
JANUARY 1, 2019
A team of researchers demonstrated that cryptocurrency wallets Trezor and Ledger are vulnerable to several type of attacks. During the 35c3 conference held in Leipzig, Germany, the researchers Dmitry Nedospasov , Thomas Roth , ad Josh Datko demonstrated that cryptocurrency wallets Trezor and Ledger are vulnerable to several type of attacks.
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