Wednesday, February 09, 2022

North Korea: Missile programme funded through stolen crypto currency, UN report says

How many more years do we have to wait for the reunification of the Korean peninsula or that North Korea becomes more of a constitutional democracy?

Which countries are supporting North Korea and why?

"... Between 2020 and mid-2021 cyber-attackers stole more than $50m (£37m) of digital assets, investigators found.
Such attacks are an "important revenue source" for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programme, they said. ...
The cyber-attacks targeted at least three cryptocurrency exchanges in North America, Europe and Asia. ...
The report also referenced a study published last month by the security firm Chainalysis that suggested North Korean cyberattacks could have netted as much as $400m worth of digital assets last year.
And in 2019, the UN reported that North Korea had accumulated an estimated $2bn for its weapons of mass destruction programmes by using sophisticated cyber-attacks. ..."

North Korea: Missile programme funded through stolen crypto, UN report says - BBC News

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