Warning: North Korea stole $400 million of cryptocurrency in 2021, Report Says | japantimes.co.jp

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North Korea stole $400 million of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says

“These behaviors, put together, paint a portrait of a nation that supports cryptocurrency-enabled crime on a massive scale,” it said.

North Korea’s hacker army launched at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms in 2021 that menaced global players and netted the reclusive state almost $400 million worth of digital assets, a report said.

The haul marked a 40% increase from a year before, the report from blockchain research firm Chainalysis released Thursday said, adding that the attacks primarily targeted investment firms and centralized exchanges.

Chainalysis’s conclusions underscore leader Kim Jong Un’s reliance on state-supported hackers. The U.S. and the United Nations Security Council have said the country’s cybercrimes help finance North Korea’s nuclear arms program and prop up an economy hobbled by global sanctions over atomic bomb and long-range missile tests.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/15/business/tech/north-korea-cryptocurrencies-hacking/

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According to what I read, the governments know all this, however they support it, so much corruption, so much deceit, so much evil in this world, can you imagine a person constantly working to make capital in cryptocurrencies and from one moment to another not he has nothing , and no one responds , i better not talk anymore , the subject annoys me .
A hug, you don't bother me, the subject does

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