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The man, along with other individuals of a gang known as “ thedarkoverlord ,” trafficked in stolen social security numbers. Kaye laundered cryptocurrency obtained from the illegal The Real Deal operation through the mixing service Bitmixer.io. ’s National Crime Agency (NCA) in February 2017. government agencies,” said U.S.
The groups are behind several hacking operations that resulted in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide and destructive cyber-attacks on infrastructure. Lazarus Group is also considered the threat actors behind the 2018 massive WannaCry attack.
The list of the cyberattacks publicly attributed to North Korean nation-state actors, includes: The 2014 Sony Pictures hack , The Bangladesh Bank Heist ( $81 million ), The 2017 WannaCry ransomware outbreak, FASTCash ATM attacks, The $250 million theft from cryptocurrency exchanges. ” concludes the advisory.
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