{"id":2027133,"date":"2023-09-10T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-identifies-culprits-of-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-to-over-1b-stolen-by-group\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:32:50","slug":"fbi-identifies-culprits-of-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-to-over-1b-stolen-by-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-identifies-culprits-of-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-to-over-1b-stolen-by-group\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI finds culprits behind $41M casino heist, adding to $1B stolen by group."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-identifies-culprits-of-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-to-over-1b-stolen-by-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The FBI Identifies Culprits of $41M Casino Heist, Bringing Total to Over $1B Stolen by Group<\/h2>\n<p>The Federal\u2063 Bureau of Investigation has\u200c made a\u200b breakthrough in the investigation of\u200b a massive $41 million heist from an online casino platform. The \u200bagency has identified the responsible party as the Lazarus \u200cGroup, a criminal organization affiliated with North Korea.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FBI \u200csays North Korean \u2018Lazarus Group\u2019 hackers are behind the $41M StakeCom crypto\u2064 casino \u2064hack.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 FBI has \u200dofficially identified the Lazarus Group\u2062 as the hacker responsible for the theft of $41 \u2064million from Stake.com, as reported \u2062on September 8 on the FBI\u2019s\u200c official website. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SBW53RHYg\">pic.twitter.com\/8SBW53RHYg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DG Crypto News (@dgcryptonews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgcryptonews\/status\/1700093345412886964?\">September\u2064 8, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The North Korean hackers targeted various cryptocurrencies,\u2064 including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Bitcoin, according to the FBI\u2063 statement.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Craven, co-founder\u200d of \u2062Stake, revealed\u200d that\u2063 the hackers exploited \u200ca vulnerability in the authorization function for cryptocurrency\u200d transactions, resulting in a sophisticated breach.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the theft, the online casino remains operational.\u200b However, the prospects of recovering the stolen digital currency are\u2064 slim, \u2063as \u2064North Korea does not participate \u200bin the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-sanctions-chinese-lebanese-terror-financiers\/\" title=\"Treasury Sanctions Chinese, Lebanese Terror Financiers\">international financial system<\/a> or comply with Western court\u2064 rulings.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI is determined to combat \u200cthe illicit activities of the DPRK, including cybercrime and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korean-hackers-to-cash-out-40-million-in-stolen-crypto-fbi\/\" title=\"FBI: North Korean hackers set to pocket M from stolen crypto.\">virtual currency theft<\/a>. The agency warns internet users against \u2062engaging with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-should-ban-invasive-tiktok-app-that-mines-personal-data-for-china\/\" title=\"Big Tech Should Ban Invasive TikTok App That Mines Personal Data For China\">cryptocurrency wallet addresses<\/a> associated with the hackers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023 alone, the\u2062 Lazarus Group has \u2062stolen a staggering $200 million in cyberspace, highlighting the extent of their criminal \u2062activities. According to Vice\u2062 News, the group has amassed over $1\u2064 billion through hacking, \u200bwith notable incidents such as the 2014 Sony Pictures hack.<\/p>\n<p>These thefts \u2063are believed to fund the North\u2062 Korean regime, including its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-identifies-culprits-of-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-to-over-1b-stolen-by-group\/\" title=\"FBI finds culprits behind M casino heist, adding to B stolen by group.\">dangerous nuclear \u200cweapons program<\/a>.\u2063 In\u2064 a\u2062 concerning development, North \u200cKorean dictator Kim Jong Un\u2064 is set\u2062 to meet with Russian officials, potentially providing weapons for Russia&#8217;s \u200dinvolvement in the war\u2063 in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>For \u200bmore\u2064 information, you can read the full article on \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-identifies-culprits-41m-casino-heist-bringing-total-1b-stolen-group\/\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has traced the $41 million online casino heist to the Lazarus Group, a criminal organization linked to North Korea. The agency confirmed their involvement in the shocking digital theft from Stakes.com, exposing their affiliation with the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2027134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}