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Treasury sanctions virtual currency mixer Blender for money laundering
Blender was used to launder $20.5 million of the $620 million that the Treasury Department alleges North Korean hackers stole in March.
In a first, Treasury Department sanctions major cryptocurrency mining firm
Treasury: "By operating vast server farms that sell virtual currency mining capacity internationally, these companies help Russia monetize its natural resources."
North Korea aims 'TraderTraitor' malware at cryptocurrency workers
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is attributing the campaign to hackers known as the Lazarus Group.
Treasury updates Lazarus Group sanctions with digital currency address linked to Ronin Bridge hack
The address received $600 million in Ethereum and other digital currency during the March attack, crypto-tracking company Chainalysis said.
Hydra market's servers, $25M in bitcoin seized by German police in dark web sting
Narcotics trafficking and money laundering were the main business for Hydra, which researchers say was the largest dark-web market.
Treasury sanctions Russian research center blamed for Trisis malware
The list also includes Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, the researcher indicted for creating the malware, which targets industrial control systems.