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Pressure Chollima

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PRESSURE CHOLLIMA is a DPRK-nexus adversary that split off from LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA and STARDUST CHOLLIMA around 2019. CrowdStrike Intelligence formally designated it a standalone adversary on 14 January 2026 (CSIR-26001, CSIT-26002). The group goes after high-risk, high-reward cryptocurrency theft. It uses rare, highly advanced malware in selective operations with careful attention to OPSEC, and i...

  • Pressure Chollima

  • North Korea, East Asia, Asia

Community Identifiers

Mata, Jade Sleet, Slow Pisces, UNC4899, TraderTraitor

Objective

Financial Gain

Motivation

State-Sponsored

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