North Korean hacker organization conducts Crypto Assets attacks through US shell companies.

Gate news bot message, Reuters reports that the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group has registered two shell companies, Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC, in New Mexico and New York.

The cybersecurity company Silent Push disclosed that these hackers impersonate fake identities and spread malware to cryptocurrency developers through fake recruitment activities. The attackers use fake interview processes to steal sensitive information such as developers’ crypto wallets and passwords, and multiple developers have already fallen victim.

Silent Push pointed out that this is the first discovery of North Korean hackers signing up legal companies in the United States to carry out cyber attack operations.