According to a 2020 report by the US military, Bureau 121, the North Korean cyber unit, has about 6,000 members who also operate from other countries, such as Russia, Belarus, China, India and Malaysia.
Lazarus Group gained notoriety when the hacker collective was accused in 2014 of hacking into movie studio Sony Pictures Entertainment. The hacking allegedly happened in revenge for a satirical film about North Korea. The US imposed sanctions on the group in 2019.
According to the data analytics platform Chainalysis hackers with ties to North Korea last year stole about $400 million worth of cryptocurrencies.
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