{"id":98154,"date":"2026-06-04T01:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=98154"},"modified":"2026-06-04T01:03:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:03:02","slug":"north-koreas-hackers-have-moved-beyond-brute-force-says-fbi-veteran-kim-jong-uns-crypto-attackers-now-have-a-new-tool-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=98154","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s Hackers Have Moved Beyond Brute Force, Says FBI Veteran: Kim Jong Un&#8217;s Crypto Attackers Now Have A New Tool \u2014 You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>North Korea&#8217;s state-backed hackers have an \u201caggressive, relentless\u201d knack for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, making them more dangerous than other groups, a former FBI agent told Benzinga.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social Engineering Hacks?<\/h2>\n<p>North Korean hackers pose an existential threat to cryptocurrency ecosystems, having stolen\u00a0over $2 billion worth of assets in 2025 alone. Things have worsened in 2026, with April recording the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52205487\/north-korea-linked-hackers-make-april-the-worst-month-for-crypto-hacking-by-incident-count\">highest number of cryptocurrency hacking incidents<\/a> on record.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims<\/a>\u00a0that the illegal proceeds from the thefts are used to fund North Korea\u2019s weapons and missile program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephanie Talamantez,<\/strong> who spent more than 20 years with the FBI and now serves as Senior Managing Director at <strong>Guidepost Solutions<\/strong>, said that these actors have progressed from simple hacking to sophisticated social engineering techniques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company can put all the guardrails in place possible, but attacks that exploit human psychology can bypass those defenses within moments,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Talamantez stated that North Korea is running an \u201caggressive recruitment fraud\u201d in which perpetrators impersonate reputable cryptocurrency companies or headhunters, and that even she was approached in one such attempt on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth also highlighting the notorious 2022 <strong>Ronin Network<\/strong> breach, in which the Lazarus Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/22\/08\/28590133\/ronin-bridge-hackers-converted-most-loot-into-bitcoin-report\">stole nearly $620 &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/06\/52991093\/north-korea-hackers-beyond-brute-force-fbi-veteran-crypto-attackers-new-tool-you?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"North\" korea hackers have moved beyond brute force says fbi veteran: kim jong un crypto attackers now a new tool you>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s state-backed hackers have an \u201caggressive, relentless\u201d knack for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, making them more dangerous than other groups, a former FBI agent told Benzinga. Social Engineering Hacks? North Korean hackers pose an existential threat to cryptocurrency ecosystems, having stolen\u00a0over $2 billion worth of assets in 2025 alone. 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