US “Northern hacker organization uses new method to “money launder” $900 million in virtual currency in one year”

“Lazarus,” a hacker organization with ties to North Korea, earned $900 million (approximately 134,388 million yen) through cross-chain bridge methods in the one year period from July last year to July this year.
It was reported that he had laundered more than 1,000 virtual currencies. “Cross-chain bridge method” refers to connecting one blockchain network to another blockchain network.
It means exchanging virtual currency etc. to the network. On the 7th, the US radio station “Free Asia Broadcasting (RFA)” announced that the virtual currency analysis company “Elliptic”
Citing the report published on the 5th of this month, it reported as follows. Over the past year, Elliptic has reported that cross-chain money laundering has been estimated at $7 billion (approximately 1,045.2 billion yen).
), and Lazarus accounted for the largest proportion at one-seventh of the total. Furthermore, "By separating and mixing virtual currencies, it is impossible to know who sent the money.
Sanctions on companies using “mixer” technology have led to a new method of crypto money laundering.
A ``cross-chain bridge'' is used.''