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posted by janrinok on Saturday January 15 2022, @08:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the that-should-feed-a-lot-of-people dept.

North Korea hackers stole $400m of cryptocurrency in 2021, report says:

North Korean hackers stole almost $400m (£291m) worth of digital assets in at least seven attacks on cryptocurrency platforms last year, a report claims.

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis said it was one of most successful years on record for cyber-criminals in the closed east Asian state. The attacks mainly targeted investment firms and centralised exchanges. North Korea has routinely denied being involved in hack attacks attributed to them.

"From 2020 to 2021, the number of North Korean-linked hacks jumped from four to seven, and the value extracted from these hacks grew by 40%," Chainalysis said in a report.

The hackers used a number of techniques, including phishing lures, code exploits and malware to siphon funds from the organisations' "hot" wallets and then moved them into North Korea-controlled addresses, the company said.

Cryptocurrency hot wallets are connected to the internet and cryptocurrency network and so are vulnerable to hacking. They are used to send and receive cryptocurrency, and allow users to view how many tokens they have. Many experts recommend moving large amounts of cryptocurrency not needed day-to-day to "cold" wallets, which are disconnected from the wider internet.


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  • (Score: 2) by bmimatt on Sunday January 16 2022, @02:25AM

    by bmimatt (5050) on Sunday January 16 2022, @02:25AM (#1213059)

    Inquiring minds want to know what $400MM gets one in NK. As in, what if the Great Leader didn't get that, but someone else was able to spend it freely.

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