Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-12-15 00:00:00
Affected organization: Bitcoin Insiders in London
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Finance and Insurance
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: NGB 3rd Technical Surveillance Bureau
Actor type: Nation-State
Actor country: Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
Description: Secureworks reveals a new spearphishing campaign circulating across bitcoin industry insiders in London, carried on via a fake job opening, and aimed to steal their online credentials. The fingers are pointed to the North Korean hackers of the Lazarus Group.