CryptoCore – Cryptocurrency Exchanges Under Attack
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CryptoCore – Cryptocurrency Exchanges Under Attack
CryptoCore has established itself as a hidden and persistent hacker group that has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges, mainly in the US and Japan, since 2018, effectively stealing millions’ worth of cryptocurrencies. Their main targets have been almost exclusively exchanges and companies working with them via supply-chain attacks and have netted around 70-million US dollars from its attacks. ClearSky Cyber Security has been tracking the group for nearly two years and notes that the group has maintained steady activity ranging as far back as May 2018, while their activity has seemingly slowed down in the first half of 2020, ClearSky attributes this to the COVID-19 pandemic rather than the group’s disbandment. While there doesn’t exist much evidence to the group’s origins, ClearSky is relatively confident that the threat actor has links to the East European region, specifically Ukraine, Russia, or Romania.
The main motivation behind their attacks …
CryptoCore has established itself as a hidden and persistent hacker group that has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges, mainly in the US and Japan, since 2018, effectively stealing millions’ worth of cryptocurrencies. Their main targets have been almost exclusively exchanges and companies working with them via supply-chain attacks and have netted around 70-million US dollars from its attacks. ClearSky Cyber Security has been tracking the group for nearly two years and notes that the group has maintained steady activity ranging as far back as May 2018, while their activity has seemingly slowed down in the first half of 2020, ClearSky attributes this to the COVID-19 pandemic rather than the group’s disbandment. While there doesn’t exist much evidence to the group’s origins, ClearSky is relatively confident that the threat actor has links to the East European region, specifically Ukraine, Russia, or Romania.
The main motivation behind their attacks …
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