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North Korea's Lazarus hackers are planting skimmers on US and European retail websites, researchers warn

06 July 2020 • 2 min read

The group has developed a global exfiltration network that uses hijacked websites to transfer stolen assets to attackers

Researchers at cyber security firm Sansec claim to have found evidence to suggest that North Korean state-sponsored actors are planting skimmers on the web stores of many American and European ret...

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