Chainalysis says it helped the US government recover about $30M stolen from Axie Infinity by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group earlier in 2022 (CoinDesk)

NBC News:
Secret Service report: China-linked APT41 hackers stole $20M+ in US COVID-19 relief benefits, the first example of pandemic fraud by state-affiliated hackers  —  Hackers linked to the Chinese government stole at least $20 million in U.S. Covid relief benefits, including Small Business Administration loans …

Financial Times:
An in-depth look at North Korea’s crypto cyber crime, used to support the regime: hacking Axie Infinity and Bangladesh Bank, running a fraudulent ICO, and more  —  Created by a Vietnamese gaming studio, Axie Infinity offers players the chance to breed, trade and fight Pokémon …

Tim Copeland / The Block:
Crypto market maker Wintermute says hackers stole $160M from its DeFi operations but the firm remains solvent; in total, 90 assets were stolen, most worth <$1M  —  – Crypto market making firm Wintermute has been hacked.  — The firm maintains that it is solvent.

Carly Page / TechCrunch:
Cisco Talos: the Lazarus group exploited Log4j to compromise VMware Horizon and target energy providers in the US, Canada, and Japan from February to July 2022  —  Security researchers have linked a new cyber espionage campaign targeting U.S., Canadian and Japanese energy providers …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Dropbox says hackers stole code and some API keys from 130 GitHub repositories via a phishing campaign, but its core apps and infrastructure were unaffected  —  Dropbox disclosed a security breach after threat actors stole 130 code repositories after gaining access to one of its GitHub …

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Tel Aviv-based 4M Analytics, which aims to be the Google Maps of the US’ underground utility infrastructure, raised $30M, bringing its Series A total to $45M  —  Subsurface infrastructure mapping startup 4M Analytics Ltd. said today it has closed on an additional $30 million in funding …