According to the co-founder of Binance, North Korean hackers to infiltrate cryptocurrency companies by posing as IT workers, which raises new security problems for industry, according to the co-founder of Binance, Changpeng “Cz” Zhao and a team of ethical pirates.
CZ sounded the alarm Thursday on X on the growing threat of North Korean pirates seeking to infiltrate cryptographic companies through employment opportunities and even to bribe the exchange staff for data access.
“They present themselves as a job candidates to try to obtain jobs in your business.
“They present themselves as employers and try to interview / offer to your employees. During the interview, they will be a problem with Zoom and they will send a link to your employee to an “update”, which contains a virus that will support your employee’s device. “
Other North Korean agents offer employees coding questions to send them a malicious “code example” later, arise as users to send malicious links to customer support, or even “weld your employees, suppliers outsourced for data access,” said Zhao.
“For all cryptographic platforms, train your employees not to download files and filter your candidates carefully,” he added.
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The warning follows similar concerns of Coinbase, which reported a new wave of threats last month.
In response, the CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, introduced new internal security measures, in particular by forcing all workers to receive training in person in the United States, while people with access to sensitive systems will have to hold American citizenship and submit to fingerprints.
“We can collaborate with the police (…), but I have the impression that there are 500 new graduates each quarter, a kind of school they have, and that’s all their work,” Armstrong told Cheeky Pint, the host of the Podcast Pint John Collins.
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The security alliance discovers 60 North Korean pirates imitating IT workers
Zhao’s warning came as a group of ethical pirates called Security Alliance (SEAL) compiled the profiles of at least 60 North Korean agents who arise as workers under false names seeking us to infiltrate cryptography and steal data from sensitive user.
“North Korean developers are impatient to work for your business, but it is important not to be scammed by impostors during hiring,” said Security Alliance in a Wednesday X Post, sharing its new benchmark for North Korean imitators.
The repository contains key information on North Korean imitators, including aliases, false names and emails used, as well as websites, both real citizenship and false citizens, locations and the number of companies that have hired them.
Salary details, GitHub profiles and all other public associations are also included for each imitator.
In June, four North Korean agents infiltrated several cryptography companies as independent developers, stealing $ 900,000 cumulative to these startups, illustrating the growing threat, Cointelegraph reported.
The White Hat Seal team was formed to fight these exploits, led by White Hat Hacker and Samczsun Paradigme Researcher. Seal conducted more than 900 piracy in the year following its launch, illustrating the growing need for ethical pirates, Cointelegraph reported in August 2024.
North Korean pirates and the infamous Lazare group are the main suspects behind some of the most devastating cryptocurrency crate, including the hacking of $ 1.4 billion, the largest in industry to date.
Throughout 2024, the North Korean pirates stole more than $ 1.34 billion in digital assets out of 47 incidents, an increase of 102% compared to the $ 660 million stolen in 2023, according to Chainalysis data.
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