Beware of Phishing: 20 lakh Indians in North Korean hacker group's crosshairs

North Korean hacker group Lazarus might target 20 Lakh Indians. The method employed by them is Phishing. Though it is the oldest trick in the book by cybercriminals, many still fall for it. The only way to keep them at bay is to be aware of their methods.

Hyderabad:India is among six nations that may see a large cyber attack on June 21 in the form of COVID-19 themed phishing campaign from North Korean state hackers.

Phishing

The attack is part of the Lazarus Group's large-scale campaign targeting more than 50 lakh individuals and businesses, including small and large enterprises, across six countries: India, Singapore, South Korea, Japan the UK and the US, according to a ZDNet report on Friday.

"The North Korean hacker group is looking to gain financially from the campaign, where targeted email recipients will be asked to visit fraudulent websites and lured into revealing their personal and financial data," according to Singapore-headquartered cybersecurity vendor Confirm.

Lazarus' hackers claimed to have details of 11 lakh individual email IDs in Japan, another 20 lakh in India and 180,000 business contacts in the UK.