US authorities have imposed restrictions on the Lazarus Group, which is associated with North Korea
The United States has imposed sanctions against the hacker group Lazarus Group, which is associated with the DPRK. The Ministry of Finance has blacklisted an Ethereum wallet owned by the group. The Ministry of Finance gives the wallet number and claims that the hackers are based in Pyongyang.
At the same time, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the involvement of the Lazarus Group and another APT3 hacker group in the theft of the Ethereum cryptocurrency for $620 million.
“The FBI, together with the Treasury Department and other partners in the US government, will continue to combat the illegal activities of the DPRK, including cybercrime and theft of cryptocurrencies, in order to generate profit for the regime,” the FBI said in a statement.
In March , the Ronin blockchain bridge was hacked , over $625 million worth of cryptocurrency was withdrawn from it. The attackers exploited the vulnerability on March 23, but the problem was discovered only on March 29, when one of the users was unable to withdraw 5 thousand Ethereum.
The Ronin hack is currently the largest in decentralized finance. It outpaced the previous record theft of 93.7k Ethereum from the Wormhole protocol, which occurred in February of this year.