The North Korean hackers are attacking Bitcoin wallets

Korean service Internet security reported an increase in hacker attacks from North Korea, who prey on the Bitcoin wallets to Finance the regime of Kim Jong-UN.

In the third quarter of 2017, the number of attacks increased to 452 cases with 436 in the second quarter. The cases when users are required to provide access to your cryptocurrency wallets to restore access to blocked computers has grown 3.7 times over the last 9 months-5 366 times compared to the same period last year (1 438 times).

The Agency KISA reports that hackers are filling the network with malicious code to search for e-currency and direct attacks on Internet resources.

North Korean hackers are accused of theft in an average of ₩ 100 million in BTC (about $90 000) each month in the period from 2013 to 2015 In the early autumn of 2017 office of cybersecurity company FireEye told about the details of campaigns organized by the government of North Korea, the theft of bitcoins, with the cryptocurrency exchangers and stock exchanges in South Korea.

The report stated that the campaign was to fill the private coffers of the elite Pyongyang: "state sponsored hackers prey on bitcoins and other virtual currencies, as they theft allows you to evade the sanctions, and then makes it easy to exchange the cryptocurrency for physical money."

One of many attacks led to hacking of South Korean Bitcoin exchange Yapizon, which managed to steal $5 million in user funds in bitcoins. Also recently the staff of the center for Cyber Warfare in South Korea has discovered a number of phishing attacks from neighbouring States. As a consequence, the South Korean stock exchange has received virus-infected e-mails.
created by:Maxim Centurion | November 10, 2017