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Researchers Launch Fake Crypto Start-Up

Summary by It-daily.net
Security researchers founded a fictitious crypto company and hired three alleged North Korean IT operators. For the investigation, the Threat Intelligence company BCA LTD, the NorthScan research initiative and the Sandbox provider ANY.RUN built the fake defi company Ballena Azul. An advertiser active on GitHub provided the researchers with the first developer, who recommended a friend who in turn brought a third person into the game. The applica…
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Security researchers founded a fictitious crypto company and hired three alleged North Korean IT operators. For the investigation, the Threat Intelligence company BCA LTD, the NorthScan research initiative and the Sandbox provider ANY.RUN built the fake defi company Ballena Azul. An advertiser active on GitHub provided the researchers with the first developer, who recommended a friend who in turn brought a third person into the game. The applica…

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it-daily.net broke the news on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
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