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Does North Korea have a cryptocurrency hacking problem?

North Korea’s cryptocurrency hacking was top of mind at an April 7 meeting in Seoul, where US, Japanese and South Korean diplomats released a joint statement lamenting that Kim Jong Un’s regime continues to “pour its scarce resources into its WMD [weapons of mass destruction] and ballistic missile programs.”

Did North Korean hackers steal $100 million from a California cryptocurrency firm?

For months, they’d been tracking $100 million stolen from a California cryptocurrency firm named Harmony, waiting for North Korean hackers to move the stolen crypto into accounts that could eventually be converted to dollars or Chinese yuan, hard currency that could fund the country’s illegal missile program.

How many Bitcoins and Ether were hacked?

The hackers stole nearly 61 bitcoins (BTC) and 350.5 ether (ETH) from Gdac. Gdac said it has notified the authorities about the hack and is working to recover the funds. The hackers also stole 10 million wemix tokens (WEMIX) and 220,000 USDT. Crypto platforms have suffered some notable hacks and exploits in the past 15 to 18 months.

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