Six malicious packages have been identified on npm (Node package manager) linked to the notorious North Korean hacking group Lazarus.

North Korean hackers who orchestrated a billion-pound cryptocurrency heist have successfully cashed out over £232,000,000 of their loot. The hackers, known as the Lazarus Group, pulled off the biggest heist in history during a raid on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago,

The Lazarus Group, a cybercrime syndicate linked to North Korea, has long been a thorn in the side of the crypto industry. Since 2017, the group has stolen over $6 billion in digital assets, funneling the proceeds into the country’s ballistic missile program. The Bybit heist alone accounts for nearly a quarter of that total.

FBI has confirmed that North Korean hackers stole $1.5 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday in the largest crypto heist recorded until now.

The FBI has accused the North Korean Lazarus Group of being behind the largest cryptocurrency theft in history.

North Korea’s Lazarus hackers have pulled off another major crypto laundering operation, successfully cashing out $300 million from their record-breaking $1.5 billion heist on crypto exchange ByBit, according to blockchain analytics company Elliptic.