North Korean hackers may be laundering cryptocurrency via cloud mining services, according to a report released today. 

Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Tuesday that a Pyongyang-baed hacking group known as APT43 “steals and launders enough cryptocurrency to buy operational infrastructure in a manner aligned with North Korea’s juche state ideology.” 

Juche is the state ideology of North Korea and the official ideology of the Workers’ Party of Korea, attributed to founder Kim Il-sung.

Mandiant added that APT43—also known as Kimuski—likely makes use of hash rental and cloud mining services to wash the stolen cryptocurrency “clean.” 

Cloud mining services allow users to rent a computer system owned by someone else and use that computer’s hash power to mine cryptocurrencies. This saves miners from having to buy and set up their own local mining rigs. 

Even as APT43 benefits from crypto infrastructure, “APT43 has targeted cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency-related services,” the report said, adding that it uses profits to fund its operations. 

Mandiant said it has been observing APT43 since 2018. It is a “moderately-sophisticated” group of hackers working to support North Korea’s regime by “collecting strategic intelligence.”

North Korean hackers have long been operating in the crypto sphere—hacking protocols, stealing digital assets, or using special apps to h

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