San Francisco, July 6 (TIWN) North Korea-based hackers have engaged in a large scale digital skimming activity since May 19, breaking into online stores like international fashion chain Claires to insert malicious code that steal payment card details of the users in the US and Europe, a new report revealed on Monday.

Dutch cyber security company Sansec has found proof of global web skimming activity that has multiple, independent links to previously documented and North Korea attributed hacking operations.  "Hackers associated with the APT Lazarus/ HIDDEN COBRA group were found to be breaking into online stores of large US retailers and planting payment skimmers as early as May 2019," said the report.