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Lazarus Hacker Group Attacks Local Japanese Crypto Companies With Malware to Steal Cryptocurrencies
Lazarus, the hacker group backed by North Korea, sent phishing emails to Japanese crypto exchange employees. The hacker group has been using social engineering as a means to infect the computers of these local crypto firms with malware, to hack their systems and steal their cryptocurrencies, Japan’s National Police Agency has announced.
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Hackers Steal $97 Million From Japan Crypto Exchange In 2nd Major Heist
The Tokyo-based company said in a statement Thursday that it had "detected unauthorized access of some of the crypto wallets managed at Liquid".
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Japan's Crypto Exchange To Refund To Customers After Theft
Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Sunday it will refund about $400 million to customers after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of digital assets.
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Hackers Steal Over $500 Million From Cryptocurrency Exchange In Japan
Cryptocurrencies fell Friday after Japan-based digital exchange Coincheck suspended client deposits and withdrawals for virtual currencies except bitcoin, saying it had been hacked
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Sony Pictures Hackers Linked to Breaches in China, India, Japan: Report
The coalition concluded in a report released on Wednesday that the hackers were government-backed.
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US to Bring Japan Under Its Cyber Defense Umbrella
Cyber-security is a key area where Japan and the United States are deepening their military partnership under a set of new security guidelines released in April.
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US Vows to Keep Pressing China on Bank Cyber-Security Rules
"We are working to try to break down those barriers, and we have also secured support from our allies and trade partners in Japan and the EU."
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Japan Tourism Site Hit By Pro-Islamic State Hackers
A Japanese tourism agency said today its website was hijacked by hackers who displayed a message purportedly from the Islamic State (IS) group, less than two months after the group claimed to have beheaded two Japanese hostages.
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Japan Hacker Jailed After Cat and Mouse Game With Police
A Japanese hacker who hijacked computers in order to issue death threats, leading to the arrest of several innocent people, was jailed Wednesday for his high-stakes games of cat and mouse with police.
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Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down after theft
Bitcoin bank Flexcoin said on Tuesday it was closing down after it lost bitcoins worth about $600,000 to a hacker attack.
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Hackers steal $45 million in global plot involving ATM card breach
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said on Thursday - and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame.
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Japan Anonymous pick up litter to protest download laws
About 80 masked people, calling themselves allies of the global hacker group Anonymous, picked up litter in Tokyo Saturday in a novel protest against Japan's tougher laws against illegal downloads.
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Anonymous hacks Japanese websites over new copyright law
Hacker group Anonymous attacked Japan's government websites and warned that it plans to attack more sites in future.
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Was the Twitter hack made in Japan?
This week's Twitter attack that caused a widespread headache for the micro-blogging service appears to have been triggered by a Japanese computer hacker who says he was only trying to help.The attack, which emerged and was shut down within hours...
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Former student from China hacked Indian Military Research Firms: Report
A breach of computers belonging to companies in Japan and India and to Tibetan activists has been linked to a former graduate student at a Chinese university - putting a face on the persistent espionage by Chinese hackers against foreign companies and groups. The attacks were connected to an online alias, according to a report to be released on Fr...
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Lazarus Hacker Group Attacks Local Japanese Crypto Companies With Malware to Steal Cryptocurrencies
Lazarus, the hacker group backed by North Korea, sent phishing emails to Japanese crypto exchange employees. The hacker group has been using social engineering as a means to infect the computers of these local crypto firms with malware, to hack their systems and steal their cryptocurrencies, Japan’s National Police Agency has announced.
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Hackers Steal $97 Million From Japan Crypto Exchange In 2nd Major Heist
The Tokyo-based company said in a statement Thursday that it had "detected unauthorized access of some of the crypto wallets managed at Liquid".
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Japan's Crypto Exchange To Refund To Customers After Theft
Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Sunday it will refund about $400 million to customers after hackers stole hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of digital assets.
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Hackers Steal Over $500 Million From Cryptocurrency Exchange In Japan
Cryptocurrencies fell Friday after Japan-based digital exchange Coincheck suspended client deposits and withdrawals for virtual currencies except bitcoin, saying it had been hacked
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Sony Pictures Hackers Linked to Breaches in China, India, Japan: Report
The coalition concluded in a report released on Wednesday that the hackers were government-backed.
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US to Bring Japan Under Its Cyber Defense Umbrella
Cyber-security is a key area where Japan and the United States are deepening their military partnership under a set of new security guidelines released in April.
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US Vows to Keep Pressing China on Bank Cyber-Security Rules
"We are working to try to break down those barriers, and we have also secured support from our allies and trade partners in Japan and the EU."
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Japan Tourism Site Hit By Pro-Islamic State Hackers
A Japanese tourism agency said today its website was hijacked by hackers who displayed a message purportedly from the Islamic State (IS) group, less than two months after the group claimed to have beheaded two Japanese hostages.
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Japan Hacker Jailed After Cat and Mouse Game With Police
A Japanese hacker who hijacked computers in order to issue death threats, leading to the arrest of several innocent people, was jailed Wednesday for his high-stakes games of cat and mouse with police.
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Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down after theft
Bitcoin bank Flexcoin said on Tuesday it was closing down after it lost bitcoins worth about $600,000 to a hacker attack.
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Hackers steal $45 million in global plot involving ATM card breach
A worldwide gang of criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said on Thursday - and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame.
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Japan Anonymous pick up litter to protest download laws
About 80 masked people, calling themselves allies of the global hacker group Anonymous, picked up litter in Tokyo Saturday in a novel protest against Japan's tougher laws against illegal downloads.
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Anonymous hacks Japanese websites over new copyright law
Hacker group Anonymous attacked Japan's government websites and warned that it plans to attack more sites in future.
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Was the Twitter hack made in Japan?
This week's Twitter attack that caused a widespread headache for the micro-blogging service appears to have been triggered by a Japanese computer hacker who says he was only trying to help.The attack, which emerged and was shut down within hours...
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Former student from China hacked Indian Military Research Firms: Report
A breach of computers belonging to companies in Japan and India and to Tibetan activists has been linked to a former graduate student at a Chinese university - putting a face on the persistent espionage by Chinese hackers against foreign companies and groups. The attacks were connected to an online alias, according to a report to be released on Fr...
