North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group has started to shift its focus to targeting retail investors.

BlockBeats News, May 29th, On-chain detective ZackXBT revealed that on May 24th, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group launched a cyber attack against individual cryptocurrency traders, stealing over $5.2 million in assets from one trader.

The hackers gained access to the trader's exchange platform wallet, multi-signature wallet, and external accounts through sophisticated malware. Subsequently, they transferred the stolen funds to the coin mixing service Tornado Cash, where approximately 1,000 ETH were laundered. Lazarus Group may have shifted their targets from institutions to individual investors.