North Korean hackers target Japanese-based cryptocurrency exchanges
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage A report by The Japan News has said that the Lazarus hacking group has attacked several cryptocurrency exchanges based in Japan. The Lazarus hacking group is believed to be a state-backed threat actor in North Korea. North Korean hackers target Japanese crypto exchanges The report by The Japan News cited data released by the National Police Agency of Japan. The data showed that several exchanges in the country had been affected by a series of cybersecurity attacks that North Korean hackers conducted. The attacks targeted the employees of these exchanges. The hackers tricked them into opening emails that contained a phishing link sent by the threat actors. The computers of these employees ended up being infected once they opened the phishing emails. The notorious North Korean hacking group , The Lazarus Group, has been linked to these attacks. The National Police Agency linked the hacking group to the at...