The world's largest crypto heist started with a fake job offer
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Axie Infinity is a strategy-based online video game that allows users to grow and trade digital pets called Axies. At its peak, it boasted 2.7 million daily active users and $214 million in weekly trading volume. In March, hackers gained access to the Ronin blockchain that used for its transactions and made away with 173,600 units of ether and 25.5 million of USDC, a stablecoin. The heist amount was estimated to be $620 million, the largest ever in the world. U.S. government agencies have linked the heist to the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group. The Lazarus group was also using Whatsapp and Linkedin to pose as recruiters and target aerospace and defense contractors, according to an internet security company. Source