North Korean hackers stole $100 million in recent cryptocurrency heist: Analysts

North Korean hackers from the group Lazarus were responsible for stealing over $100m of digital currency from more than 5,500 users of the Atomic Wallet service. Cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic revealed in a blog post that this was the group’s largest digital attack since stealing circa $100m worth of digital coins from an American cryptocurrency firm in 2021. The FBI, organisations and other cryptocurrency users worldwide are wary of the group’s activity and say that they have been stealing cryptocurrency and largesse for years to fund Pyongyang’s sanctioned nuclear and missile programmes.