TOKYO -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday linked North Korean hackers to a theft of cryptocurrency worth over $600 million from a service tied to popular crypto-based game Axie Infinity.
"Through our investigation we were able to confirm Lazarus Group and APT38, cyber actors associated with the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea], are responsible for the theft of $620 million in Ethereum reported on March 29th," the FBI said in a news release. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is North Korea's formal name.
