<ul><li>North Korean hackers linked to the Lazarus hacking group have been identified as the culprits behind the theft of over 4,500 bitcoins from a Japanese crypto exchange.</li><li>The hackers, known as TraderTraitor, used a LinkedIn phishing scheme to gain access to a Japanese cryptocurrency wallet software company and stole the bitcoins in May.</li><li>The stolen bitcoins were transferred to wallets controlled by TraderTraitor, which traced back to the North Korean government.</li><li>This is not the first time Lazarus has targeted cryptocurrency exchanges; they were previously linked to hacks on the Ronin Network and India-based WazirX.</li></ul>

North Korean hackers linked to hack of 4,500 bitcoins from Japanese crypto exchange

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