FBI Says North Korea Actors Stole $308 Million From Crypto’s DMM

North Korean hackers stole $308 million from Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin in May, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.

• The hack was affiliated with TraderTraitor
• “In late March 2024, a North Korean cyber actor, masquerading as a recruiter on LinkedIn, contacted an employee at Ginco, a Japan-based enterprise cryptocurrency wallet software company. The threat actor sent the target, who maintained access to Ginco’s wallet management system, a URL linked to a malicious Python script under the guise of a pre-employment test located on a GitHub page. The victim copied the Python code to their ...