North Korean Threat Groups Steal Crypto to Pay for Hacking

APT43 Launders Crypto Through Mining, Says Mandiant
North Korean hackers are stealing cryptocurrency to fund operations under an apparent mandate from Pyongyang to be self sufficient, threat intel firm Mandiant says. The regime probably expected its hackers to pay their own way before 2020, but the novel coronavirus pandemic exacerbated its demands.

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