North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group attacks individual investors, stealing over $5.20 million in cryptocurrency

On May 29, according to blockchain security analyst ZackXBT, North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group launched a cyber attack on individual cryptocurrency traders on May 24, stealing more than $5.20 million from a trader. The hackers penetrated exchange wallets, multi-signature wallets and external accounts through complex malicious software, and then transferred the stolen funds to the coin mixing service Tornado Cash, of which about 1,000 ETH was laundered. Lazarus Group may have shifted the target of the attack from institutions to individual investors.