The U.S. says North Korea was behind the June 2022 theft of $100 million from a major blockchain, confirming earlier attributions by private-sector security researchers.

“Through our investigation, we are able to confirm that the Lazarus Group cyber actors associated with the DPRK are responsible for the theft of $100 million of virtual currency from Harmony’s Horizon bridge,” the FBI said in a press release earlier this week.

A week after the heist last year, researchers at blockchain analytics firm Elliptic concluded that North Korea was likely behind the attack, stating that the laundering strategy was “consistent with activities of