An American crypto-asset analysis company believes that crypto-assets stolen by a hacker group suspected of involvement with North Korea last year amounted to $1.65 billion, equivalent to approximately 210 billion yen. I summarized the results.
With regard to North Korea, it has been pointed out that crypto assets stolen through cyber attacks on exchanges are believed to be used to fund nuclear and missile development. We are calling attention to the hacker group "Lazarus", which is said to be a subordinate organization of the North Korean authorities.
According to Chainalysis, an American crypto-asset analysis company, the amount of crypto-assets stolen by a hacker group suspected of having ties to North Korea in the past year has risen to $1.65 billion, equivalent to approximately 210 billion yen in Japanese yen. announced the results of its analysis.
That's four times the number from the previous year and the highest in seven years.
Specifically, there have been a series of cases in which huge amounts of damage have been caused by hacking of online games, etc., and in the last few years, there has been a rapid expansion of "decentralized finance," in which transactions can be conducted without going through financial institutions or exchanges. It is analyzed that hacking to the program of ” was one after another.
Erin Plant, vice president of research at Chainalysis, said, "It is a major threat to national security for many countries." We also need measures to deal with it. It is extremely important that the public and private sectors work together to respond."