Security News This Week: North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft

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Security News This Week: North Korea's Lazarus Group Was Behind $540 Million Ronin Theft
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Lazarus hackers have been on a cybercriminal rampage for years, but the Ronin theft took in a whopping $600 million for the Hermit Kingdom.

) after hackers put the personal data of 30 million customers up for sale for 6 bitcoins, or about $270,000 at the time.

Recently unsealed court documents show, though, that the telecom hired a third-party firm as part of its response, and the firm paid the attackers about $200,000 for exclusive access to the trove in the hopes of containing the crisis. Paying hackers through third parties is a known but controversial tactic for dealing with ransomware attacks and digital extortion.

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