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#International News Rise of NK hackers: Lazarus Group becomes global financial security nightmare
The strength of NK hackers has increased significantly in recent years, and their capabilities have long surpassed the initial perception of the outside world, mainly reflected in the following aspects:
#N K has established a complete cyber attack system with a professional hacker force of about 5,000 people. Among them, Lazarus Group is the core force, focusing on financial cybercrime, with about 1,700 members; another force of about 1,600 people is specifically targeting SK.
From 2017 to 2024, NK made nearly $10 billion in illegal profits through cyber attacks. Among them, the loss in the field of cryptocurrency alone exceeded $3.72 billion, and the famous Youbit exchange went bankrupt.
NK hacker operations even transferred $1.5 billion in assets at one time, causing significant fluctuations in the global cryptocurrency market, and causing the bankruptcy of many SK's peoples exchanges, with a loss of more than 8,500 bitcoins.
As early as 2000, the US intelligence community rated the level of NK hackers as "second only to the CIA", and the SK military also stated that its attack capabilities were enough to paralyze the command system of the US Pacific Command.
Although NK's local technology and infrastructure are relatively weak, its hacker teams continue to carry out high-level attacks by hiding in Southeast Asia and Europe, and their technical strength is no less than that of talents trained by top American universities.
Data shows that there were 47 hacker operations related to NK in 2024, accounting for 61% of the amount stolen that year, reaching US$1.34 billion; 20 in 2023, with an amount of US$660.5 million; and US$400 million in 2022, showing a continuous upward trend.
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