To that end, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned the group’s ethereum wallet. The hackers exploited a blockchain “bridge” designed to allow users to transfer digital assets across networks in order to rip off the funds.
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Treasury Department Sanctions Lazarus Group Over $615M Crypto Hack
U.S. officials have fingered the North Korean hacking collective Lazarus Group in a massive $615 million crypto heist. So reports the CNBC.
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