Happy Bitcoin halving and welcome back to the Blockchain Threat Intelligence newsletter, the weekly digest of blockchain security news, tools, events, and threats. You may also be interested in /r/blocksec subreddit where I share many of the news below throughout the week.
Lot’s of money laundering activity this week where attackers have attempted to cash out their ill gotten gains or found innovative ways to obfuscate their source. North Korean hackers are at it again and more supercomputers commandeered to mine crypto. Also this week, more news about Michael Terpin’s quest to punish everyone involved in a 2018 heist. Oh and you may want to avoid using online paper wallet generators.
Crime
N. Korean hacking group increasing efforts to steal cryptocurrency - reports of increased efforts by North Korean APT group Lazarus (aka Hidden Cobra) to attack cryptocurrency institutions in the time when COVID-19 pandemic left the country even more isolated. Additionally, FBI, DHS are preparing to s…
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