🇰🇷 South Korean police announced that North Korean hackers posed as South Korean government agencies and journalists to steal crypto.

🔍 These attackers target people's crypto assets using email phishing methods.

- Between March and October 2023, the information of approximately 1500 people was stolen, most of them from the private sector and 57 of them are retired or serving government officials.

- Attackers sent deceptive emails pretending to be officials of institutions such as Health Insurance, Pension Services, Police and Tax Office.

- South Korean police stated that they will increase their efforts to combat such cyber attacks.

Lazarus Group's crypto assets are worth almost $60 million. This group is known to have spearheaded some of the major crypto attacks.