US Treasury Department Includes 20 Lazarus Bitcoin Addresses on “Sanctions List”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added to the "sanctionslist »20 Bitcoin addresses belonging to members of the Lazarus hacker group.

These addresses are owned by Jiadong Li.(Jiadong Li) and Yinyin Tian, ​​who are accused of involvement in the criminal group Lazarus, acting in the interests of the North Korean government.

In 2018, the group was suspected of theftabout $ 500 million worth of cryptocurrencies. According to Group-IB, in two years, hackers managed to attack 14 cryptocurrency exchanges. In this regard, OFAC added Bitcoin addresses belonging to these people to the “List of Citizens of Special Categories and Prohibited Persons” (SDN).

"North Korea continues cyber attacks onfinancial institutions to steal funds. The United States will do everything possible to protect the international financial system by holding those who help the DPRK commit cybercrime accountable, ”said US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

OFAC also announced the deletion of several Russian companies from the list: Independent Oil and Gas Company JSC, NNK-Primornefteprodukt JSC, and PrimorNefteProduct OJSC.

OFAC inscribed on “sanctions list” in 2018two Bitcoin addresses of Iranian citizens accused of intentionally using the SamSam malware. Last year, the list was supplemented with the addresses of cryptocurrency wallets of three Chinese citizens convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering.

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