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JOINT STATEMENT ON CRYPTOCURRENCY THEFTS BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
KOREA AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION

Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

January 14, 2025



The following is the joint statement released by the United States of America,
Japan, and the Republic of Korea.

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The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea join together to provide a
new warning to the blockchain technology industry regarding the ongoing
targeting and compromise of a range of entities across the globe by Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) cyber actors.  The DPRK’s cyber program
threatens our three countries and the broader international community and, in
particular, poses a significant threat to the integrity and stability of the
international financial system.  Our three governments strive together to
prevent thefts, including from private industry, by the DPRK and to recover
stolen funds with the ultimate goal of denying the DPRK illicit revenue for its
unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.  The
advanced persistent threat groups affiliated with the DPRK, including the
Lazarus Group, which was designated by the relevant authorities of our three
countries, continue to demonstrate a pattern of malicious behavior in
cyberspace by conducting numerous cybercrime campaigns to steal cryptocurrency
and targeting exchanges, digital asset custodians, and individual users.  In
2024 alone, our governments have individually and jointly attributed multiple
thefts, denominated in virtual asset value in U.S. dollars, to the DPRK:  DMM
Bitcoin for $308 million, Upbit for $50 million, and Rain Management for $16.13
million.  The United States and Republic of Korea additionally attribute to the
DPRK, based on detailed industry analysis, thefts last year against WazirX for
$235 million and Radiant Capital for $50 million. As recently as September 2024,
the United States government observed aggressive targeting of the cryptocurrency
industry by the DPRK with well-disguised social engineering attacks that
ultimately deploy malware, such as TraderTraitor, AppleJeus and others.  The
Republic of Korea and Japan have observed similar trends and tactics used by the
DPRK. Additionally, agencies from our governments have published multiple
notifications on the DPRK information technology (IT) workers that also present
an insider threat to private sector partners:  the United States on May 16,
2022 and May 16, 2024, the United States and the Republic of Korea on October
18, 2023, the Republic of Korea on December 8, 2022, and Japan on March 26, 2024
.  The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea advise private sector
entities, particularly in blockchain and freelance work industries, to
thoroughly review these advisories and announcements to better inform cyber
threat mitigation measures and mitigate the risk of inadvertently hiring DPRK IT
workers. Deeper collaboration among the public and private sectors of the three
countries is essential to proactively disrupt these malicious actors’ cybercrime
operations, protect private business interests, and secure the international
financial system.  Cooperative public-private efforts in the United States
through the Illicit Virtual Asset Notification (IVAN) information sharing
partnership, the Cryptoasset and Blockchain Information Sharing and Analysis
Center (Crypto-ISAC), and the Security Alliance (SEAL) are examples of newly
established mechanisms to facilitate information sharing and incident response.
 The Republic of Korea and the United States also co-host a series of
public-private symposiums to strengthen coordination between the government and
private sector in disrupting the DPRK’s illicit revenue generation, including
on November 17, 2022, May 24, 2023, and August 27, 2024.  In Japan, the
Financial Services Agency, in collaboration with the Japan Virtual and Crypto
Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA), warned relevant businesses about the risk
of crypto-asset thefts and requested self-inspections on September
 26 and December 24, 2024 . The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
will continue to work together to counter the DPRK’s malicious cyber activities
and illicit revenue generation, including by imposing sanctions on DPRK cyber
actors and collaborating to improve cybersecurity capacity across the
Indo-Pacific region.  The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
reaffirm their commitment to combatting cyber threats posed by the DPRK and
enhancing their coordination through the trilateral working groups. 

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