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The Lazarus Group (also known as Guardians of Peace or Whois Team [1] [2] [3]) is a hacker group made up of an unknown number of individuals, alleged to be run by the government of North Korea. While not much is known about the group, researchers have attributed many cyberattacks to them since 2010.
Cybersecurity experts say Lazarus Group was also behind the WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017 that infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. [ 28 ] The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published an alert "FASTCash 2.0: North Korea's BeagleBoyz Robbing Banks", which attributed the Bank of Bangladesh hack ...
Lazarus Group On July 18, 2024, WazirX, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, leading to the loss of approximately $234.9 million (around Rs 2000 crore) in investor funds. [ 1 ] The exchange ceased to operate on 18 July 2024.
The blockchain security platform Immunefi found that Lazarus was behind over $300 million in losses in 2023. North Korea–linked Lazarus Group responsible for nearly 20% of crypto losses—more ...
The exact duration of the hack is yet unknown. U.S. investigators say the culprits spent at least two months copying critical files. [8] A purported member of the Guardians of Peace (GOP) who has claimed to have performed the hack stated that they had access for at least a year prior to its discovery in November 2014. [9]
FBI wanted notice. Park is a member of a North Korea's government-funded hacking team known as "Lazarus Group (or APT 38)" and worked for Chosun Expo Joint Venture (aka Korea Expo Joint Venture), a North Korean government front company, to support the North Korean government's malicious cyber actions.
The cybersecurity companies [86] Kaspersky Lab and Symantec stated that the code shares some similarities with malware previously used by the Lazarus Group, [87] which has been linked to North Korea and is believed to have carried out the cyberattack on Sony Pictures in 2014 and a Bangladesh bank heist in 2016. [87]
TeslaTeam is a group of black-hat computer hackers from Serbia established in 2010. TESO was a hacker group originating in Austria that was active primarily from 1998 to 2004. The Unknowns is a group of white-hat hackers that exploited many high-profiled websites and became very active in 2012 when the group was founded and disbanded.