North Korea
Bybit sues North Korea over alleged $1.5b ETH theft
A US court has frozen some assets allegedly tied to the Bybit hack.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read
CrowdStrike reports 43% rise in finance hacks
North Korea-linked hackers stole US$2.02 billion in digital assets in 2025, partly using AI-based deception.
Naomi Li Gan · · 2 min read
Ripple shares North Korean hacker data with crypto firms
Ripple shares LinkedIn profiles and phone numbers to help spot repeat hacker applicants.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 2 min read
Crypto lending loses appeal after $285m hack
Firms are moving toward blockchain versions of traditional assets, while the around US$97 billion sector faces headwinds.
Diya Lal · · 2 min readAmazon blocks 1,800 fake IT job bids linked to North Korea
The company identified these applicants as using stolen or fake identities.
Diya Lal · · 2 min readNorth Korean hackers launch newly detected cyberattack scheme
The attack is triggered when users enable document content and click on a hyperlink inside the file.
Naomi Li Gan · · 2 min readNorth Korean hackers steal crypto worth $2b: report
A major portion of this total came from a US$1.5 billion theft at Bybit, a crypto-exchange, in February.
Diya Lal · · 2 min readNorth Korea suspected in S Korea’s Upbit crypto theft: sources
A government official said it is possible hackers compromised or posed as administrator accounts, instead of attacking servers directly.
Aiko Gao Ishida · · 1 min readNorth Korea adopts AI weather forecasting system
The system was registered as one of North Korea’s top 10 information technology products this year, state media reported.
Naomi Li Gan · · 2 min readNorth Korean hackers used ChatGPT for phishing attack
Researchers said the attackers created a convincing draft of the ID and sent it in emails containing links to data-stealing malware.
Aiko Gao Ishida · · 2 min read