FBI says North Korea’s Lazarus Group was behind $41 million stake hack

The Lazarus Group, a North Korean hacker organization, was responsible for swiping $41 million in digital assets from the crypto casino Stake this week, according to a statement released on Thursday by the FBI.

The Drake-backed gambling firm, which initially described a batch of associated transactions as “unauthorized transfers,” notified users that a Stake-led investigation was underway Monday shortly after the attack took place.

Sharing the results of its own investigation, the FBI listed addresses for dozens of digital wallets that purportedly contain stolen digital funds. Lazarus Group funneled crypto across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polygon, and Binance Smart Chain networks, the FBI said.