North Korean hackers caught phishing for South Koreans’ cryptocurrency

Hackers from North Korea are making headlines again, this time for going after the funds of users of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit. The hackers allegedly sent a phishing email to UpBit users earlier this week. The email falsely claimed that the exchange needed additional customer information to process a nonexistent sweepstakes’ payout, according to information obtained by security firm East Security, CoinDesk Korea reports. It’s reported that a file was attached to the email which claimed to contain more information about the payout but would in fact run malicious code when opened. East Security believes the phishing email originated…

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