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North Korean Hackers Compromised 1640 Companies Across 57 Countries, Crypto Theft Primary Target For nearly two years, a cybersecurity researcher maintained a hidden vantage point inside the command-and-control infrastructure of North Korean state-backed hackers. The operation, conducted by Kumio CTO Vangelis Stykas, uncovered a breach footprint that dwarfs many previous estimates: 1,640 companies across 57 countries had been compromised, with crypto theft sitting at the center of the campaign. The scale and tactical focus revealed in the original report force a fresh reckoning with the structural weaknesses that allow such intrusions to spread. The attackers relied on fake job interview lures, a social-engineering vector that has become a signature of North Korean cyber operations. But the damage went far deeper than phishing. Between 700 and 800 organizations suffered highly damaging breaches that included root access to servers, control over AWS environments, and exposure of cryptocurrency wallet keys. Stykas noted that the blast radius was heavily amplified by lax access controls among external contractors, turning routine third-party relationships into nation-state entry points.

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