- The North Korea-linked hacking group WaterPlum infected more than 30,000 devices with malware across more than 100 countries and territories, authorities said.
- WaterPlum stole information from more than 7,000 digital-asset wallets, and wallets controlled by the group received at least $10.71 million in digital assets.
- The group posed as recruiters at companies tied to digital assets, artificial intelligence (AI) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to trick victims into running malware, authorities said.
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A North Korea-linked hacking group infected more than 30,000 devices with malware across more than 100 countries and territories and stole information from more than 7,000 digital-asset wallets.
Wu Blockchain reported on September 18 that Japan’s National Police Agency and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation said the North Korean hacking group WaterPlum infected more than 30,000 devices worldwide from December last year through July this year.
In the process, WaterPlum stole information from more than 7,000 digital-asset wallets, the investigation found. Wallets controlled by the group received at least $10.71 million of digital assets.
The group is known to have approached job seekers while posing as recruiters at companies related to digital assets, artificial intelligence and non-fungible tokens. It then used fake hiring assignments or programs to trick victims into running malware that infected their devices.