North Korean Hackers Open Fake US Businesses to Snag Crypto Nerds—Oops, Malware! 😂🚨

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So picture this: North Korean hackers, probably wearing sunglasses indoors and chewing on pencils, have decided to play corporate America by opening fake businesses right here in the good ol’ US of A. Because why rob a bank when you can just straight-up be the bank? 🇰🇵➡️🏢

Lazarus—nope, not your local zombie apocalypse group, but the infamous North Korean state-sponsored hack squad—is planting flags in New Mexico and New York, creating companies that sound as real as those late-night infomercials. Reuters got the scoop, but we’re spilling the tea with extra spice. 🍵🔥

Thanks to the cyber-detectives at Silent Push, we now know these phantom firms—Blocknovas LLC and Softglide LLC—are founded on little more than smoke, mirrors, and totally fake addresses. The kind of places where “you just missed us” is the welcome sign. 🕵️‍♂️🏠

Here’s the punchline: these corporate fronts are hunting down crypto developers with fake job ads so they can plant malware in their wallets. It’s like a digital Trojan Horse but with less horse and more “oops, your Bitcoin’s gone!” 💼💀

Kasey Best, probably the coolest threat intel director ever (I mean, her job title is just chef’s kiss), puts it like this:

“Imagine North Korean hackers slipping through the legal system and setting up shop like they really belong here… just to throw a virtual pie in the face of some poor crypto coder’s wallet.” 🍰💻

She adds these job interviews are actually sneaky malware delivery systems, hacking wallets, passwords, and maybe even the secret family recipe for grandma’s cookies—ok, maybe not the last one, but hey, you never know with hackers! 🍪🤫

The FBI is playing it cool and keeping mum officially, but insiders whisper that these North Korean cyberwhizzes are “perhaps one of the most advanced persistent threats” in the US, which sounds like a fancy way of saying, “They just don’t give up.” 🎯🔒

Meanwhile, the FBI grabbed the Blocknovas domain like a kid snatching candy from a hacker’s Halloween bag. Their official note says:

“We took this site down because it was about as legit as a three-dollar bill—used by North Korean cyber tricksters to post fake jobs and spread malware faster than gossip in a small town.” 🕷️🚫

So, if you clicked on that job posting or gave away any personal info, do yourself a favor and run that malware scan like you’re dodging your mother-in-law’s fruitcake. Better safe than ransomwareed! 🛡️💻

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2025-04-27 20:02