Someone counter-hacked a North Korean IT worker: Here’s what they found

A team of North Korean IT operatives behind 31 fake identities has been linked to the $680,000 hack of fan-token marketplace Favrr in June.

A small team of North Korean IT workers — linked to a $680,000 crypto hack in June — has been using Google products and even renting computers to infiltrate crypto projects, according to screenshots from one of the workers’ devices. 

In an X post from ZachXBT on Wednesday, the crypto sleuth shared a rare look into the workings of a North Korean (DPRK) hacker. The information came from “an unnamed source” who was able to compromise one of their devices. 

North Korean-linked workers were responsible for $1.4 billion exploit of crypto exchange Bitbit in February and have siphoned millions from crypto protocols over the years.

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