08-29-2020 , 02:48 AM
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North Korean hacking gang targets banks worldwide, US Government warns
BeagleBoyz is targeting banks in over 30 countries, possibly to fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions
Graham Cluley
@gcluley
9:43 pm, August 26, 2020 The US government has issued an alert about an active hacking team that has used malware to help them steal millions of dollars from banks around the world.
A North Korean government-backed hacking group, known as the BeagleBoyz, are named as the group responsible for the attacks which are estimated to have attempted to steal as much as US $2 billion through ATM cashouts, abuse of the banking industry’s SWIFT money transfer network, and attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Perhaps most infamously, the BeagleBoyz – a subset of the Hidden Cobra cybercrime group, also known variously as Lazarus, the Guardians of Peace, or Whois Team – are being blamed for the attempted theft of US $1 billion from the Bank of Bangladesh in 2016.
North Korean hacking gang targets banks worldwide, US Government warns
BeagleBoyz is targeting banks in over 30 countries, possibly to fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions
Graham Cluley
@gcluley
9:43 pm, August 26, 2020 The US government has issued an alert about an active hacking team that has used malware to help them steal millions of dollars from banks around the world.
A North Korean government-backed hacking group, known as the BeagleBoyz, are named as the group responsible for the attacks which are estimated to have attempted to steal as much as US $2 billion through ATM cashouts, abuse of the banking industry’s SWIFT money transfer network, and attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Perhaps most infamously, the BeagleBoyz – a subset of the Hidden Cobra cybercrime group, also known variously as Lazarus, the Guardians of Peace, or Whois Team – are being blamed for the attempted theft of US $1 billion from the Bank of Bangladesh in 2016.