North Korean hacker group Lazarus may have switched to a new Ethereum (ETH) mixer following pressure.
Blockchain security firm Chainalysis in its current report, North Korean Lazarus hacker group Lazarus’s Ethereum mixer Sinbad After the sanctions on to YoMix He stated that it might have passed.
Ethereum mixers are known as platforms used by hackers to make it difficult to track the cryptocurrencies they steal. What Lazarus ever accomplished harmony, coincheck, atomic Wallet He constantly used Sinbad to lose track of the beings after his attacks.
But USA, Holland And Finland In November last year, it announced that it had seized the website Sinbad.io. After this blockage Volume increase specific to YoMix It did not go unnoticed.
Chainalysis through 2023 Fund inflow to YoMix increased fivefold said and about a third associated with cryptocurrency hacking cases He added that it came from wallets:
YoMix’s growth and adoption by Lazarus Group is a prime example of the ability of sophisticated actors to adapt and find replacement cloaking services when previously popular ones are shut down.
However, cryptocurrency mixers are being exploited by criminals. less and less Chainalysis stated that the money flow in this area is expected to increase in 2022. $1 billion from the level in 2023 504.3 million He noted that it fell to the dollar.
The report states that the vast majority of money laundering operations are still through central exchanges It was stated that it took place.
Last year United Nations (UN) A report published by North Korea-based hacker groups predicts that by 2022 at record level He revealed that he had stolen cryptocurrency.