Updated : 2025-11-28 22:21:00 KST
A North Korean hacking group is suspected of having stolen millions of U.S. dollars worth of cryptocurrency from South Korea's biggest exchange. Our Ahn Sung-jin covers the suspicion and related investigation. North Korean hacking group Lazarus is suspected to be the likely culprit behind a recent breach of South Korea's largest crypto exchange.
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hack (남의 네트워크에) 불법 침입하다
exchange 거래소
culprit 범인
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According to government and industry insider sources on Friday, the authorities are conducting on-site inspections at Upbit while looking at the possibility of an administrator's account being hijacked or the funds being transferred by someone impersonating the administrator, rather than a direct server attack. Though no specifics have been confirmed, officials have noted that the circumstantial evidence strongly points toward North Korea, which suffers from a shortage of foreign currency, hacking the cryptocurrency exchange for virtual assets.
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impersonate (남을 속이기 위해 다른 사람인 척) 가장하다
virtual 가상의
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The timing of the incident, which coincides with the day of a press conference regarding the merger between Naver Financial and Dunamu, also hints at the possible involvement of the North. The massive hack targeted Upbit in the early morning on Thursday, hacking around 45 billion won, or 30-point-6 million U.S. dollars, worth of cryptocurrency. This was the first major security breach since 2019, when a total of 58 billion won, or 43 million dollars worth of Ethereum, was said to have been lost.
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The recent security breach occurred in a "hot wallet," an individual crypto wallet connected to the internet, and echoes the incident that took place six years ago. Currently, all digital asset deposits and withdrawals from Upbit have been suspended. Lazarus allegedly works under the regime's Reconnaissance General Bureau. Ahn Sung-jin, Arirang News.
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echo 흉내내다
Reconnaissance General Bureau 정찰총국
[rɪ|kɑːnɪsns]
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