North Korea’s Lazarus Group Suspected in $31 Million CoinEx Heist
Since June 2023, the Lazarus Group, which has ties to North Korea, has stolen approximately $240 million in cryptocurrencies, a huge increase in its hacking activity.
The famed hacker squad is allegedly suspected of stealing $31 million in digital assets from the CoinEx exchange on September 12, 2023, according to numerous reports from Certik, Elliptic, and ZachXBT.
The crypto robbery intended for CoinEx is the latest in a succession of recent attacks that also cost $100 million for Atomic Wallet, $37.3 million for CoinsPaid, $60 million for Alphapo, and 41 million for Stake.com.
Some of the CoinEx money that was stolen was sent to an address that the Lazarus gang had previously used to launder money from Stake.com read more North Korea's Lazarus Group Suspected in $31 Million Co...