Japan's National Police Agency names North Korean hacker group Lazarus behind years of encrypted cyberattacks

Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) and Financial Services Agency (FSA) issued a warning to Japanese crypto asset companies, asking them to be vigilant against "phishing" attacks by hacking groups aimed at stealing crypto assets. The statement warned hacking groups to use social engineering to Planned phishing attacks, including posing as executives at targeted companies to try to lure employees into clicking malicious links or attachments, in which the statement named the North Korean hacking group Lazarus as the group behind encryption-related cyberattacks over the years and is believed to have more recently Pay more attention to crypto funds because they are "more loosely managed".