- North Korean hackers used South Korea’s deadly Halloween crowd crush to spread malware.
- State-backed hackers disguised dangerous software as a South Korean government report on Halloween.
- 158 young people died on October 29.
According to Google’s anti-hacking unit, North Korean hackers used South Korea’s deadly Halloween crowd crush to spread malware.
State-backed hackers disguised dangerous software as a South Korean government report on Halloween, the Threat Analysis Group claimed Wednesday.
158 young people died on October 29 as thousands of Halloween revellers crowded into a tiny alleyway in Itaewon.
Threat Analysis Group attributed the activity to North Korean government-backed hackers known as APT37, which has targeted South Korean users, defectors, policymakers, journalists, and human rights activists.
Threat Analysis Group stated the bait exploits public curiosity in the accident.
Google reported a software vulnerability to Microsoft on October 31. Microsoft released a fix on November 8.
North Korean hackers are implicated for multiple assaults globally, many of them cyberthefts aimed at funding Kim Jong-regime. un’s
According to blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis, North Korean hackers stole $840m in digital assets in the first five months of 2022.
UN sanctions monitors accuse Pyongyang of using hacked funds to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
The US Department of Justice charged three North Korean computer engineers with extorting or stealing $1.3bn in cash and bitcoin beginning in 2014.
North Korea, which seldom comments to international media, denies cyberattacks, blaming the US and its allies of “spreading ill-hearted rumors.”
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