Data leak
[loss] $1M+
Tweet thread by zachxbt
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$1.3M
(1,300,000 USD)
Incident Details
According to blockchain investigator zachxbt, North Korean developers using fake identities were able to steal $1.3 million from a cryptocurrency project after pushing malicious code.zachxbt traced the payment addresses for roughly 21 developers involved in this kind of activity, which he found had been working for at least 25 different cryptocurrency projects. They had earned around $375,000 over the past month.
Total loss estimated at $1,300,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Nation-state attack (Lazarus/DPRK) — private key or social engineering compromise
- Vendor / Product
- 7ANPW theft
Timeline
- 2024-08-07 Breach occurred
- 2024-08-07 Publicly disclosed