Crypto Wallets Became the Prize in a 30,000-Device North Korean Hack

A fake job interview was all it took to turn thousands of computers into hunting grounds for passwords, screenshots, keystrokes and crypto wallets.A North Korea-backed hacking group known as WaterPlum infected more than 30,000 devices across over 100 countries, according to a joint advisory from Japan’s National Police Agency and the FBI. The operation also compromised data from more than 7,000 crypto wallets.Between December 2025 and July 2026, wallets controlled by the group received at