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Japan, US, Australia and Germany attributed WaterPlum's fake-employer scheme to North Korea; 30,000 devices infected and $10.71 million stolen since December 2025.
Joint US, Japan, Australia, Germany advisory links North Korean WaterPlum group to 30,000 infected devices and $10.7 million in stolen cryptocurrency.
Early Scattered Spider member Ahmed Elbadawy pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and identity theft, with prosecutors seeking $17.6 million in forfeiture.
FBI and Japanese police advisory ties North Korea's WaterPlum campaign to $10.5M stolen from job seekers via fake-recruiter malware on 30,000 devices.
Malone Lam, leader of a social engineering ring that stole over $245 million in cryptocurrency, pleaded guilty to US RICO charges.
Hackers withdrew $320 million in bitcoin from Liquid Network, negotiated on-chain, returned $266.5 million and kept a $47 million reward.
Hackers drain roughly 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network federation wallet, then return 3,400 BTC with ~598 BTC still outstanding.
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