The Lazarus Heist: The True Story of North Korea’s Elite Hackers Who Stole Billions and Funded a Nuclear Arsenal

From one of the world's most isolated nations, a new kind of weapon has emerged. An elite cyber army, operating from the darkness, accountable to no one but a rogue regime. They are known as the Lazarus Group. In 2014, they brought a Hollywood studio to its knees over a satirical film. In 2016, they nearly executed a billion-dollar bank heist. In 2017, their ransomware paralyzed hospitals and businesses across the globe. Now, they have pivoted to a new frontier: cryptocurrency. With surgical precision, they have siphoned billions from digital exchanges, shattering theft records to fund a sanctioned nuclear weapons program. Based on declassified intelligence, government indictments, and blockchain forensics, this is the definitive story of North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers. It uncovers their methods, their motives, and the chilling new face of asymmetric warfare. The world’s leading bank robbers no longer use guns. They use keyboards. And their war has already begun. Based on verifiable public sources; some scenes have been reconstructed from official documents and technical reports. View Less