North Korean hackers tracked as BeagleBoyz have been using malicious remote access tools as part of ongoing attacks to steal millions from international banks according to a joint advisory issued today by several U.S. Government agencies.
The joint release says that North Korea's BeagleBoyz hacking group has once again started robbing banks through remote internet access since February 2020 to fund the North Korean regime.
BeatleBoys are currently targeting banks in more than 30 countries in an ongoing bank robbery scheme, attempting to steal $2 billion, as U.S. Cyber Command
tweeted.
The information shared today by the U.S. Government is the result of information gathered and investigated by analysts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM).
"Since February 2020, North Korea has resumed targeting banks in multiple countries to initiate fraudulent international money transfers and ATM cash outs. The recent resurgence follows a lull in bank targeting since late 2019," the advisory
says.
