[North Korean Hacker Group WaterPlum Poses as Recruiters, Steals Over 7,000 Crypto Wallets Worth $10.71 Million] Odaily Planet Daily reports that the North Korean hacker group WaterPlum has stolen funds or credentials from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets by disguising itself as a recruitment process, transferring approximately $10.71 million to North Korea. Between December 2025 and July 2026, the group infected at least 30,000 devices across more than 100 countries. WaterPlum impersonated AI, crypto, or NFT companies, using social media, recruitment platforms, and freelance platforms to approach developers, luring them into downloading malware-laden files under the guise of technical interviews or programming tasks. Targets included web designers, engineers, and professionals in the crypto, blockchain, and Web3 sectors. Japanese law enforcement dismantled a "laptop farm" within the country for the first time, discovering that cryptocurrency assets worth hundreds of millions of yen had been transferred overseas. Investigations suggest that WaterPlum and certain North Korean remote IT personnel are affiliated with the North Korean Ministry of Munitions Industry's Bureau 313, sharing access to the laptop farm and job-seeking service IP addresses. (Decrypt)