Bitrefill suffers cyberattack with suspected links to North Korea

Lightning Network-based mobile prepaid payment service provider Bitrefill announced via its official X account that it suffered a cyberattack on March 1. The company stated that an analysis of the attack methods, malware, and IP addresses used revealed similarities to past attacks by North Korean hacking groups Lazarus and Bluenoroff. No evidence of customer data theft has been found, and all systems have been taken offline.